#388A9B#388A9B

#388A9B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.082 H 213.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388A9B
RGB	rgb(56, 138, 155)
HSL	hsl(190, 47%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(190, 64%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 11%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.37, -19.32, -16.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.37, 25.36, 220.38°)
OKLab	oklab(59.04% -0.0685 -0.0456)
OKLCH	oklch(59.04% 0.082 213.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.6333, 21.3825, 34.2546)
Luminance	0.2138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388A9B #9B4938

analogous

#389B7B #388A9B #38599B

triadic

#388A9B #9B388A #8A9B38

tetradic

#388A9B #7B389B #9B4938 #599B38

square

#388A9B #7B389B #9B4938 #599B38

split-complementary

#388A9B #9B3859 #9B7B38

monochromatic

#183A41 #28626E #388A9B #50ADC0 #7DC2D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#388A9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#388A9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388A9B

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388A9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388A9B	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D869C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7B9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388a9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 138, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.082 213.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aacb8',
    500: '#388a9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388a9b;
$custom-light: #7aacb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388a9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.303,
    "s": 46.919,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59039,
    "c": 0.08231,
    "h": 213.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388A9B

secondary

#B98175

accent

#6851D7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #388A9B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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