#388AA6#388AA6

#388AA6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.089 H 224.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388AA6
RGB	rgb(56, 138, 166)
HSL	hsl(195, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(195, 66%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 16.9%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.78, -15.79, -22.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.78, 27.20, 234.50°)
OKLab	oklab(59.51% -0.0641 -0.0618)
OKLCH	oklch(59.51% 0.089 224)
XYZ	xyz(17.5995, 21.7690, 39.3433)
Luminance	0.2177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388AA6 #A65438

analogous

#38A68B #388AA6 #3853A6

triadic

#388AA6 #A6388A #8AA638

tetradic

#388AA6 #8B38A6 #A65438 #53A638

square

#388AA6 #8B38A6 #A65438 #53A638

split-complementary

#388AA6 #A63853 #A68B38

monochromatic

#193E4A #296478 #388AA6 #55A9C6 #83C0D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#388AA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#388AA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388AA6

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388AA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388AA6	1.00	3.92	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.92	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)

#7A87A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7CA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009393

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388aa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 138, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.089 224.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bacc0',
    500: '#388aa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388aa6;
$custom-light: #7bacc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388aa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.273,
    "s": 49.55,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5951,
    "c": 0.089,
    "h": 224
  },
  "luminance": 0.21771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388AA6

secondary

#BF8C7B

accent

#724FD9

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #388AA6

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

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