#388AA0#388AA0

#388AA0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.085 H 218.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388AA0
RGB	rgb(56, 138, 160)
HSL	hsl(193, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(193, 65%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 13.8%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.55, -17.73, -19.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.55, 26.01, 227.03°)
OKLab	oklab(59.25% -0.0664 -0.053)
OKLCH	oklch(59.25% 0.085 218.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.0619, 21.5540, 36.5120)
Luminance	0.2156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388AA0 #A04E38

analogous

#38A082 #388AA0 #3856A0

triadic

#388AA0 #A0388A #8AA038

tetradic

#388AA0 #8238A0 #A04E38 #56A038

square

#388AA0 #8238A0 #A04E38 #56A038

split-complementary

#388AA0 #A03856 #A08238

monochromatic

#183C45 #286373 #388AA0 #53ABC3 #80C1D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#388AA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#388AA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388AA0

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388AA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388AA0	1.00	3.95	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C86A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7BA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009291

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388aa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 138, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.085 218.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bacbc',
    500: '#388aa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388aa0;
$custom-light: #7bacbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388aa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.692,
    "s": 48.148,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59249,
    "c": 0.08499,
    "h": 218.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388AA0

secondary

#BC8678

accent

#6D50D8

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #388AA0

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

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