#388BA3#388BA3

#388BA3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.087 H 220.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388BA3
RGB	rgb(56, 139, 163)
HSL	hsl(193, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(193, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 14.7%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.97, -17.31, -20.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.97, 26.54, 229.29°)
OKLab	oklab(59.62% -0.0663 -0.056)
OKLCH	oklch(59.62% 0.087 220.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.4717, 21.9485, 37.9589)
Luminance	0.2195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388BA3 #A35038

analogous

#38A385 #388BA3 #3855A3

triadic

#388BA3 #A3388B #8BA338

tetradic

#388BA3 #8538A3 #A35038 #55A338

square

#388BA3 #8538A3 #A35038 #55A338

split-complementary

#388BA3 #A33855 #A38538

monochromatic

#193D48 #286475 #388BA3 #54ABC4 #82C1D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#388BA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#388BA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388BA3

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388BA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388BA3	1.00	3.90	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C87A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7CA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009393

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388ba3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 139, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.087 220.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7badbe',
    500: '#388ba3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388ba3;
$custom-light: #7badbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388ba3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.458,
    "s": 48.858,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59625,
    "c": 0.08684,
    "h": 220.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388BA3

secondary

#BD8979

accent

#6E4FD8

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #388BA3

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

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