#388BA7#388BA7

#388BA7 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.090 H 223.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388BA7
RGB	rgb(56, 139, 167)
HSL	hsl(195, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(195, 66%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 16.8%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.13, -16.01, -22.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.13, 27.36, 234.17°)
OKLab	oklab(59.8% -0.0647 -0.0619)
OKLCH	oklch(59.8% 0.09 223.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.8357, 22.0941, 39.8763)
Luminance	0.2210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388BA7 #A75438

analogous

#38A78B #388BA7 #3853A7

triadic

#388BA7 #A7388B #8BA738

tetradic

#388BA7 #8B38A7 #A75438 #53A738

square

#388BA7 #8B38A7 #A75438 #53A738

split-complementary

#388BA7 #A73853 #A78B38

monochromatic

#193F4B #296579 #388BA7 #56AAC6 #84C1D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#388BA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#388BA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388BA7

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388BA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388BA7	1.00	3.88	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B88A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7CA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009494

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388ba7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 139, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.090 223.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7badc1',
    500: '#388ba7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388ba7;
$custom-light: #7badc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388ba7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.135,
    "s": 49.776,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.598,
    "c": 0.08958,
    "h": 223.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388BA7

secondary

#BF8D7B

accent

#724FD9

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #388BA7

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

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