#388CAC#388CAC

#388CAC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.093 H 226.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388CAC
RGB	rgb(56, 140, 172)
HSL	hsl(197, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(197, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 18.6%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.63, -14.92, -24.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.63, 28.50, 238.42°)
OKLab	oklab(60.27% -0.0639 -0.0679)
OKLCH	oklch(60.27% 0.093 226.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.4524, 22.5735, 42.4064)
Luminance	0.2258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388CAC #AC5838

analogous

#38AC92 #388CAC #3852AC

triadic

#388CAC #AC388C #8CAC38

tetradic

#388CAC #9238AC #AC5838 #52AC38

square

#388CAC #9238AC #AC5838 #52AC38

split-complementary

#388CAC #AC3852 #AC9238

monochromatic

#1A4150 #29667E #388CAC #58AAC9 #87C1D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#388CAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#388CAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388CAC

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388CAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388CAC	1.00	3.81	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B89AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7EAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388cac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 140, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.093 226.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cadc4',
    500: '#388cac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388cac;
$custom-light: #7cadc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388cac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.552,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60268,
    "c": 0.09321,
    "h": 226.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388CAC

secondary

#C2917E

accent

#744DDA

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #388CAC

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

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