#388AA8#388AA8

#388AA8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.091 H 225.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388AA8
RGB	rgb(56, 138, 168)
HSL	hsl(196, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 17.9%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.86, -15.14, -23.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.86, 27.68, 236.84°)
OKLab	oklab(59.6% -0.0633 -0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(59.6% 0.091 225.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.7844, 21.8430, 40.3170)
Luminance	0.2185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#388AA8 #A85638

analogous

#38A88E #388AA8 #3852A8

triadic

#388AA8 #A8388A #8AA838

tetradic

#388AA8 #8E38A8 #A85638 #52A838

square

#388AA8 #8E38A8 #A85638 #52A838

split-complementary

#388AA8 #A83852 #A88E38

monochromatic

#193F4C #29647A #388AA8 #56A9C7 #84C0D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#388AA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#388AA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388AA8

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388AA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388AA8	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A87AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7CA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009394

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388aa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 138, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.091 225.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cacc2',
    500: '#388aa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388aa8;
$custom-light: #7cacc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388aa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.071,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59599,
    "c": 0.09052,
    "h": 225.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388AA8

secondary

#C08E7C

accent

#744EDA

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #388AA8

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

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