#388CA0#388CA0

#388CA0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.085 H 216.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388CA0
RGB	rgb(56, 140, 160)
HSL	hsl(192, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(192, 65%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 12.5%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.17, -18.81, -18.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.17, 26.10, 223.89°)
OKLab	oklab(59.75% -0.0686 -0.0503)
OKLCH	oklch(59.75% 0.085 216.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.3515, 22.1331, 36.6086)
Luminance	0.2213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388CA0 #A04C38

analogous

#38A080 #388CA0 #3858A0

triadic

#388CA0 #A0388C #8CA038

tetradic

#388CA0 #8038A0 #A04C38 #58A038

square

#388CA0 #8038A0 #A04C38 #58A038

split-complementary

#388CA0 #A03858 #A08038

monochromatic

#183D45 #286473 #388CA0 #53ADC3 #80C3D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#388CA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#388CA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388CA0

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388CA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388CA0	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)

#7E88A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7DA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009392

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388ca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 140, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.085 216.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7badbc',
    500: '#388ca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388ca0;
$custom-light: #7badbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388ca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.538,
    "s": 48.148,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59745,
    "c": 0.0851,
    "h": 216.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388CA0

secondary

#BC8578

accent

#6A50D8

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #388CA0

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

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