#388BA8#388BA8

#388BA8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.090 H 224.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388BA8
RGB	rgb(56, 139, 168)
HSL	hsl(196, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 17.3%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.17, -15.69, -22.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.17, 27.59, 235.35°)
OKLab	oklab(59.84% -0.0643 -0.0634)
OKLCH	oklch(59.84% 0.09 224.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.9285, 22.1312, 40.3651)
Luminance	0.2213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388BA8 #A85538

analogous

#38A88D #388BA8 #3853A8

triadic

#388BA8 #A8388B #8BA838

tetradic

#388BA8 #8D38A8 #A85538 #53A838

square

#388BA8 #8D38A8 #A85538 #53A838

split-complementary

#388BA8 #A83853 #A88D38

monochromatic

#193F4C #29657A #388BA8 #56AAC7 #84C1D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#388BA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#388BA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388BA8

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388BA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388BA8	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B88A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7CA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009494

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388ba8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 139, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.090 224.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cadc2',
    500: '#388ba8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388ba8;
$custom-light: #7cadc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388ba8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.536,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59844,
    "c": 0.09032,
    "h": 224.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388BA8

secondary

#C08E7C

accent

#724EDA

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #388BA8

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

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