#388AA1#388AA1

#388AA1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.086 H 219.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388AA1
RGB	rgb(56, 138, 161)
HSL	hsl(193, 48%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(193, 65%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 14.3%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.59, -17.41, -19.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.59, 26.18, 228.32°)
OKLab	oklab(59.29% -0.066 -0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(59.29% 0.086 219.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.1498, 21.5891, 36.9746)
Luminance	0.2159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388AA1 #A14F38

analogous

#38A184 #388AA1 #3855A1

triadic

#388AA1 #A1388A #8AA138

tetradic

#388AA1 #8438A1 #A14F38 #55A138

square

#388AA1 #8438A1 #A14F38 #55A138

split-complementary

#388AA1 #A13855 #A18438

monochromatic

#183C46 #286374 #388AA1 #53ABC3 #80C1D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#388AA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#388AA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388AA1

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388AA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388AA1	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C86A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7BA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009291

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388aa1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 138, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.086 219.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bacbc',
    500: '#388aa1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388aa1;
$custom-light: #7bacbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388aa1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.143,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59292,
    "c": 0.0856,
    "h": 219.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388AA1

secondary

#BC8778

accent

#6E50D8

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #388AA1

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

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