#388BAE#388BAE

#388BAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.095 H 229.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388BAE
RGB	rgb(56, 139, 174)
HSL	hsl(198, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(198, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 20.1%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.41, -13.71, -25.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.41, 29.19, 241.99°)
OKLab	oklab(60.12% -0.0621 -0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(60.12% 0.095 229.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.5004, 22.3600, 43.3771)
Luminance	0.2236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388BAE #AE5B38

analogous

#38AE96 #388BAE #3850AE

triadic

#388BAE #AE388B #8BAE38

tetradic

#388BAE #9638AE #AE5B38 #50AE38

square

#388BAE #9638AE #AE5B38 #50AE38

split-complementary

#388BAE #AE3850 #AE9638

monochromatic

#1A4151 #296680 #388BAE #59A8CA #88C1D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#388BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#388BAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388BAE

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388BAE	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7989B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697DAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 139, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.095 229.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cadc6',
    500: '#388bae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388bae;
$custom-light: #7cadc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.797,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60116,
    "c": 0.09518,
    "h": 229.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388BAE

secondary

#C3937F

accent

#774DDB

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #388BAE

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

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