#388AA7#388AA7

#388AA7 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.090 H 224.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388AA7
RGB	rgb(56, 138, 167)
HSL	hsl(196, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(196, 66%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 17.4%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.82, -15.47, -22.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.82, 27.43, 235.68°)
OKLab	oklab(59.56% -0.0637 -0.0633)
OKLCH	oklch(59.56% 0.09 224.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.6916, 21.8058, 39.8283)
Luminance	0.2181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388AA7 #A75538

analogous

#38A78C #388AA7 #3852A7

triadic

#388AA7 #A7388A #8AA738

tetradic

#388AA7 #8C38A7 #A75538 #52A738

square

#388AA7 #8C38A7 #A75538 #52A738

split-complementary

#388AA7 #A73852 #A78C38

monochromatic

#193E4B #296479 #388AA7 #56A9C6 #84C0D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#388AA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#388AA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388AA7

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388AA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388AA7	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A87A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7CA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009393

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388aa7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 138, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.090 224.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bacc1',
    500: '#388aa7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388aa7;
$custom-light: #7bacc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388aa7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.676,
    "s": 49.776,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59555,
    "c": 0.08975,
    "h": 224.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388AA7

secondary

#BF8D7B

accent

#734FD9

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #388AA7

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

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