#388BA0#388BA0

#388BA0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.085 H 217.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388BA0
RGB	rgb(56, 139, 160)
HSL	hsl(192, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(192, 65%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 13.1%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.86, -18.27, -18.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.86, 26.05, 225.46°)
OKLab	oklab(59.5% -0.0675 -0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(59.5% 0.085 217.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.2061, 21.8422, 36.5601)
Luminance	0.2184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388BA0 #A04D38

analogous

#38A081 #388BA0 #3857A0

triadic

#388BA0 #A0388B #8BA038

tetradic

#388BA0 #8138A0 #A04D38 #57A038

square

#388BA0 #8138A0 #A04D38 #57A038

split-complementary

#388BA0 #A03857 #A08138

monochromatic

#183C45 #286473 #388BA0 #53ACC3 #80C2D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#388BA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#388BA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388BA0

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388BA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388BA0	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)

#7D87A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7CA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009292

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388ba0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 139, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.085 217.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7badbc',
    500: '#388ba0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388ba0;
$custom-light: #7badbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388ba0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.115,
    "s": 48.148,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59497,
    "c": 0.08502,
    "h": 217.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388BA0

secondary

#BC8678

accent

#6B50D8

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #388BA0

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

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