#388CA1#388CA1

#388CA1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.086 H 217.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388CA1
RGB	rgb(56, 140, 161)
HSL	hsl(192, 48%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(192, 65%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 13%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.21, -18.49, -18.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.21, 26.23, 225.19°)
OKLab	oklab(59.79% -0.0682 -0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(59.79% 0.086 217.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.4394, 22.1683, 37.0711)
Luminance	0.2217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388CA1 #A14D38

analogous

#38A181 #388CA1 #3858A1

triadic

#388CA1 #A1388C #8CA138

tetradic

#388CA1 #8138A1 #A14D38 #58A138

square

#388CA1 #8138A1 #A14D38 #58A138

split-complementary

#388CA1 #A13858 #A18138

monochromatic

#183D46 #286574 #388CA1 #53ADC3 #80C2D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#388CA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#388CA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388CA1

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388CA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388CA1	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)

#7E88A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7DA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009393

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388ca1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 140, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.086 217.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7badbc',
    500: '#388ca1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388ca1;
$custom-light: #7badbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388ca1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59787,
    "c": 0.08565,
    "h": 217.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388CA1

secondary

#BC8678

accent

#6B50D8

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #388CA1

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

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