#388BA2#388BA2

#388BA2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.086 H 219.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388BA2
RGB	rgb(56, 139, 162)
HSL	hsl(193, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(193, 65%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 14.2%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.93, -17.63, -19.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.93, 26.36, 228.03°)
OKLab	oklab(59.58% -0.0667 -0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(59.58% 0.086 219.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.3824, 21.9128, 37.4889)
Luminance	0.2192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388BA2 #A24F38

analogous

#38A284 #388BA2 #3856A2

triadic

#388BA2 #A2388B #8BA238

tetradic

#388BA2 #8438A2 #A24F38 #56A238

square

#388BA2 #8438A2 #A24F38 #56A238

split-complementary

#388BA2 #A23856 #A28438

monochromatic

#193D47 #286475 #388BA2 #53ABC4 #81C2D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#388BA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#388BA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388BA2

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388BA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388BA2	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	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)

#7D87A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7CA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009392

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388ba2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 139, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.086 219.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7badbd',
    500: '#388ba2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388ba2;
$custom-light: #7badbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388ba2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.019,
    "s": 48.624,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59582,
    "c": 0.08621,
    "h": 219.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388BA2

secondary

#BD8879

accent

#6D50D8

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #388BA2

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

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