#388AA5#388AA5

#388AA5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.088 H 223.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388AA5
RGB	rgb(56, 138, 165)
HSL	hsl(195, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(195, 66%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 16.4%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.74, -16.12, -21.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.74, 26.97, 233.30°)
OKLab	oklab(59.47% -0.0644 -0.0603)
OKLCH	oklch(59.47% 0.088 223.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.5082, 21.7325, 38.8621)
Luminance	0.2173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388AA5 #A55338

analogous

#38A589 #388AA5 #3854A5

triadic

#388AA5 #A5388A #8AA538

tetradic

#388AA5 #8938A5 #A55338 #54A538

square

#388AA5 #8938A5 #A55338 #54A538

split-complementary

#388AA5 #A53854 #A58938

monochromatic

#193E4A #286477 #388AA5 #55A9C5 #83C0D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#388AA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#388AA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388AA5

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388AA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388AA5	1.00	3.93	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B87A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7CA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009293

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388aa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 138, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.088 223.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bacbf',
    500: '#388aa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388aa5;
$custom-light: #7bacbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388aa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.862,
    "s": 49.321,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59466,
    "c": 0.08828,
    "h": 223.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388AA5

secondary

#BE8B7A

accent

#714FD9

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #388AA5

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

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