#388AA4#388AA4

#388AA4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.088 H 222.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388AA4
RGB	rgb(56, 138, 164)
HSL	hsl(194, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(194, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 15.9%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.70, -16.44, -21.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.70, 26.76, 232.08°)
OKLab	oklab(59.42% -0.0648 -0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(59.42% 0.088 222.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.4175, 21.6962, 38.3846)
Luminance	0.2170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388AA4 #A45238

analogous

#38A488 #388AA4 #3854A4

triadic

#388AA4 #A4388A #8AA438

tetradic

#388AA4 #8838A4 #A45238 #54A438

square

#388AA4 #8838A4 #A45238 #54A438

split-complementary

#388AA4 #A43854 #A48838

monochromatic

#193D49 #286476 #388AA4 #54AAC5 #82C1D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#388AA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#388AA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388AA4

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388AA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388AA4	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B87A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7BA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009292

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388aa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 138, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.088 222.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bacbf',
    500: '#388aa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388aa4;
$custom-light: #7bacbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388aa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.444,
    "s": 49.091,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59422,
    "c": 0.08758,
    "h": 222.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388AA4

secondary

#BE8A7A

accent

#704FD9

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #388AA4

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

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