#388CAE#388CAE

#388CAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.095 H 228.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388CAE
RGB	rgb(56, 140, 174)
HSL	hsl(197, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(197, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 19.5%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.71, -14.26, -25.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.71, 29.04, 240.59°)
OKLab	oklab(60.36% -0.0631 -0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(60.36% 0.095 228.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.6459, 22.6509, 43.4256)
Luminance	0.2265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388CAE #AE5A38

analogous

#38AE95 #388CAE #3851AE

triadic

#388CAE #AE388C #8CAE38

tetradic

#388CAE #9538AE #AE5A38 #51AE38

square

#388CAE #9538AE #AE5A38 #51AE38

split-complementary

#388CAE #AE3851 #AE9538

monochromatic

#1A4151 #296780 #388CAE #59A9CA #88C1D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#388CAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#388CAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388CAE

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388CAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388CAE	1.00	3.80	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8AB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7EAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388cae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 140, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.095 228.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cadc6',
    500: '#388cae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388cae;
$custom-light: #7cadc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388cae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.288,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60359,
    "c": 0.09487,
    "h": 228.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388CAE

secondary

#C3937F

accent

#764DDB

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #388CAE

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

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