#388BA4#388BA4

#388BA4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.087 H 221.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388BA4
RGB	rgb(56, 139, 164)
HSL	hsl(194, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(194, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 15.2%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.01, -16.99, -20.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.01, 26.73, 230.54°)
OKLab	oklab(59.67% -0.0659 -0.0575)
OKLCH	oklch(59.67% 0.087 221.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.5616, 21.9845, 38.4327)
Luminance	0.2199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388BA4 #A45138

analogous

#38A487 #388BA4 #3855A4

triadic

#388BA4 #A4388B #8BA438

tetradic

#388BA4 #8738A4 #A45138 #55A438

square

#388BA4 #8738A4 #A45138 #55A438

split-complementary

#388BA4 #A43855 #A48738

monochromatic

#193E49 #286476 #388BA4 #54ABC5 #82C1D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#388BA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#388BA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388BA4

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388BA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388BA4	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C88A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7CA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009393

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388ba4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 139, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.087 221.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7badbf',
    500: '#388ba4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388ba4;
$custom-light: #7badbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388ba4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.889,
    "s": 49.091,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59668,
    "c": 0.08749,
    "h": 221.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388BA4

secondary

#BE8A7A

accent

#6F4FD9

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #388BA4

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

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