#388AAE#388AAE

#388AAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.096 H 230.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388AAE
RGB	rgb(56, 138, 174)
HSL	hsl(198, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(198, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 20.7%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.10, -13.15, -26.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.10, 29.35, 243.38°)
OKLab	oklab(59.87% -0.061 -0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(59.87% 0.096 230.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.3563, 22.0717, 43.3290)
Luminance	0.2207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388AAE #AE5C38

analogous

#38AE97 #388AAE #384FAE

triadic

#388AAE #AE388A #8AAE38

tetradic

#388AAE #9738AE #AE5C38 #4FAE38

square

#388AAE #9738AE #AE5C38 #4FAE38

split-complementary

#388AAE #AE384F #AE9738

monochromatic

#1A4151 #296580 #388AAE #59A7CA #88C0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#388AAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#388AAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388AAE

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388AAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388AAE	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7888B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677CAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388aae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 138, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.096 230.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cacc6',
    500: '#388aae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388aae;
$custom-light: #7cacc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388aae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.305,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59874,
    "c": 0.09554,
    "h": 230.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388AAE

secondary

#C3947F

accent

#784DDB

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #388AAE

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

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