#388CA7#388CA7

#388CA7 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.089 H 222.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#388CA7
RGBrgb(56, 140, 167)
HSLhsl(195, 50%, 44%)
HSVhsv(195, 66%, 65%)
CMYKcmyk(66.5%, 16.2%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LABlab(54.43, -16.56, -21.71)
CIE-LCHlch(54.43, 27.31, 232.67°)
OKLaboklab(60.05% -0.0658 -0.0606)
OKLCHoklch(60.05% 0.089 222.6)
XYZxyz(17.9812, 22.3850, 39.9248)
Luminance0.2239 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#388CA7 #A75338
analogous
#38A78A #388CA7 #3854A7
triadic
#388CA7 #A7388C #8CA738
tetradic
#388CA7 #8A38A7 #A75338 #54A738
square
#388CA7 #8A38A7 #A75338 #54A738
split-complementary
#388CA7 #A73854 #A78A38
monochromatic
#193F4B #296679 #388CA7 #56ABC6 #84C2D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83
#388CA7 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48
#388CA7 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388CA7
5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##388CA7#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##388CA71.003.835.485.48
#FFFFFF3.831.0021.0021.00
#0000005.4821.001.001.00
##0000005.4821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#7C89A8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#6D7DA7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#009495
Achromatopsia (no color)
#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #388ca7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 140, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.089 222.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cadc1',
    500: '#388ca7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #388ca7;
$custom-light: #7cadc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#388ca7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.595,
    "s": 49.776,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60045,
    "c": 0.08945,
    "h": 222.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#388CA7
secondary
#BF8C7B
accent
#704FD9
background
#F8FAFB
surface
#EFF4F7
border
#CACED0
text
#0A1012
muted
#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #388CA7

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#388CA7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva