#388CA8#388CA8

#388CA8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.090 H 223.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388CA8
RGB	rgb(56, 140, 168)
HSL	hsl(195, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(195, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 16.7%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.47, -16.23, -22.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.47, 27.53, 233.86°)
OKLab	oklab(60.09% -0.0654 -0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(60.09% 0.09 223.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.0740, 22.4221, 40.4136)
Luminance	0.2242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#388CA8 #A85438

analogous

#38A88C #388CA8 #3854A8

triadic

#388CA8 #A8388C #8CA838

tetradic

#388CA8 #8C38A8 #A85438 #54A838

square

#388CA8 #8C38A8 #A85438 #54A838

split-complementary

#388CA8 #A83854 #A88C38

monochromatic

#19404C #29667A #388CA8 #56ABC7 #84C2D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#388CA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#388CA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388CA8

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388CA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388CA8	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C89A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7DA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388ca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 140, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.090 223.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cadc2',
    500: '#388ca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388ca8;
$custom-light: #7cadc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388ca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60089,
    "c": 0.09016,
    "h": 223.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388CA8

secondary

#C08D7C

accent

#714EDA

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #388CA8

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

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