#388AA3#388AA3

#388AA3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.087 H 221.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388AA3
RGB	rgb(56, 138, 163)
HSL	hsl(194, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(194, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 15.3%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.66, -16.77, -20.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.66, 26.55, 230.84°)
OKLab	oklab(59.38% -0.0652 -0.0574)
OKLCH	oklch(59.38% 0.087 221.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.3276, 21.6602, 37.9109)
Luminance	0.2166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388AA3 #A35138

analogous

#38A386 #388AA3 #3854A3

triadic

#388AA3 #A3388A #8AA338

tetradic

#388AA3 #8638A3 #A35138 #54A338

square

#388AA3 #8638A3 #A35138 #54A338

split-complementary

#388AA3 #A33854 #A38638

monochromatic

#193D48 #286375 #388AA3 #54AAC4 #82C1D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#388AA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#388AA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388AA3

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388AA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388AA3	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B87A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7BA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009292

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388aa3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 138, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.087 221.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bacbe',
    500: '#388aa3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388aa3;
$custom-light: #7bacbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388aa3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.019,
    "s": 48.858,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59378,
    "c": 0.08689,
    "h": 221.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388AA3

secondary

#BD8979

accent

#6F4FD8

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #388AA3

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

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