#388DA4#388DA4

#388DA4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.087 H 218.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388DA4
RGB	rgb(56, 141, 164)
HSL	hsl(193, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(193, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 14%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.63, -18.07, -19.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.63, 26.73, 227.47°)
OKLab	oklab(60.16% -0.0681 -0.0548)
OKLCH	oklch(60.16% 0.087 218.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.8539, 22.5689, 38.5301)
Luminance	0.2257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388DA4 #A44F38

analogous

#38A485 #388DA4 #3857A4

triadic

#388DA4 #A4388D #8DA438

tetradic

#388DA4 #8538A4 #A44F38 #57A438

square

#388DA4 #8538A4 #A44F38 #57A438

split-complementary

#388DA4 #A43857 #A48538

monochromatic

#193F49 #286676 #388DA4 #54ADC5 #82C3D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#388DA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#388DA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388DA4

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388DA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388DA4	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E89A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7EA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009594

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388da4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 141, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.087 218.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7baebf',
    500: '#388da4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388da4;
$custom-light: #7baebf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388da4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.778,
    "s": 49.091,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60161,
    "c": 0.08742,
    "h": 218.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388DA4

secondary

#BE887A

accent

#6C4FD9

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #388DA4

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

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