#388BAC#388BAC

#388BAC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.093 H 227.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388BAC
RGB	rgb(56, 139, 172)
HSL	hsl(197, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(197, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 19.2%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.33, -14.37, -24.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.33, 28.62, 239.85°)
OKLab	oklab(60.02% -0.0628 -0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(60.02% 0.093 227.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.3069, 22.2826, 42.3579)
Luminance	0.2228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388BAC #AC5938

analogous

#38AC93 #388BAC #3851AC

triadic

#388BAC #AC388B #8BAC38

tetradic

#388BAC #9338AC #AC5938 #51AC38

square

#388BAC #9338AC #AC5938 #51AC38

split-complementary

#388BAC #AC3851 #AC9338

monochromatic

#1A4050 #29667E #388BAC #58A9C9 #87C1D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#388BAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#388BAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388BAC

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388BAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388BAC	1.00	3.85	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A89AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697DAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388bac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 139, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.093 227.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cadc4',
    500: '#388bac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388bac;
$custom-light: #7cadc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388bac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.069,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60024,
    "c": 0.09349,
    "h": 227.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388BAC

secondary

#C2917E

accent

#764DDA

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #388BAC

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

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