#388AA9#388AA9

#388AA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.091 H 226.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388AA9
RGB	rgb(56, 138, 169)
HSL	hsl(196, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.9%, 18.3%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.90, -14.81, -23.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.90, 27.93, 237.98°)
OKLab	oklab(59.64% -0.0629 -0.0662)
OKLCH	oklch(59.64% 0.091 226.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.8779, 21.8804, 40.8096)
Luminance	0.2188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#388AA9 #A95738

analogous

#38A990 #388AA9 #3852A9

triadic

#388AA9 #A9388A #8AA938

tetradic

#388AA9 #9038A9 #A95738 #52A938

square

#388AA9 #9038A9 #A95738 #52A938

split-complementary

#388AA9 #A93852 #A99038

monochromatic

#1A3F4D #29647B #388AA9 #57A8C7 #85C0D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#388AA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#388AA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388AA9

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388AA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388AA9	1.00	3.91	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7987AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7CA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009394

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388aa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 138, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.091 226.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cacc2',
    500: '#388aa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388aa9;
$custom-light: #7cacc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388aa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.46,
    "s": 50.222,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59644,
    "c": 0.09131,
    "h": 226.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388AA9

secondary

#C08F7C

accent

#744EDA

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #388AA9

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

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