#388C9D#388C9D

#388C9D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.084 H 213.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388C9D
RGB	rgb(56, 140, 157)
HSL	hsl(190, 47%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(190, 64%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 10.8%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.06, -19.75, -16.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.06, 25.76, 219.92°)
OKLab	oklab(59.62% -0.0699 -0.0459)
OKLCH	oklch(59.62% 0.084 213.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.0923, 22.0294, 35.2431)
Luminance	0.2203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388C9D #9D4938

analogous

#389D7C #388C9D #385A9D

triadic

#388C9D #9D388C #8C9D38

tetradic

#388C9D #7C389D #9D4938 #5A9D38

square

#388C9D #7C389D #9D4938 #5A9D38

split-complementary

#388C9D #9D385A #9D7C38

monochromatic

#183C43 #286470 #388C9D #51AEC1 #7EC3D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#388C9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#388C9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388C9D

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388C9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388C9D	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F879E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707D9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388c9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 140, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.084 213.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aadba',
    500: '#388c9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388c9d;
$custom-light: #7aadba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388c9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.099,
    "s": 47.418,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5962,
    "c": 0.0836,
    "h": 213.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388C9D

secondary

#BA8276

accent

#6751D7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #388C9D

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

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