#388BA9#388BA9

#388BA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.091 H 225.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388BA9
RGB	rgb(56, 139, 169)
HSL	hsl(196, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.9%, 17.8%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.21, -15.36, -23.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.21, 27.83, 236.51°)
OKLab	oklab(59.89% -0.064 -0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(59.89% 0.091 225.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.0221, 22.1686, 40.8576)
Luminance	0.2217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388BA9 #A95638

analogous

#38A98F #388BA9 #3853A9

triadic

#388BA9 #A9388B #8BA938

tetradic

#388BA9 #8F38A9 #A95638 #53A938

square

#388BA9 #8F38A9 #A95638 #53A938

split-complementary

#388BA9 #A93853 #A98F38

monochromatic

#1A3F4D #29657B #388BA9 #57A9C7 #85C1D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#388BA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#388BA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388BA9

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388BA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388BA9	1.00	3.86	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.86	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)

#7B88AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7DA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388ba9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 139, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.091 225.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cadc2',
    500: '#388ba9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388ba9;
$custom-light: #7cadc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388ba9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.929,
    "s": 50.222,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59889,
    "c": 0.09108,
    "h": 225.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388BA9

secondary

#C08E7C

accent

#734EDA

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #388BA9

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

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