#388DA5#388DA5

#388DA5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.088 H 219.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388DA5
RGB	rgb(56, 141, 165)
HSL	hsl(193, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(193, 66%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 14.5%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.66, -17.75, -20.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.66, 26.90, 228.72°)
OKLab	oklab(60.2% -0.0677 -0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(60.2% 0.088 219.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.9445, 22.6052, 39.0075)
Luminance	0.2261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388DA5 #A55038

analogous

#38A586 #388DA5 #3856A5

triadic

#388DA5 #A5388D #8DA538

tetradic

#388DA5 #8638A5 #A55038 #56A538

square

#388DA5 #8638A5 #A55038 #56A538

split-complementary

#388DA5 #A53856 #A58638

monochromatic

#193F4A #286677 #388DA5 #55ADC5 #83C3D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#388DA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#388DA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388DA5

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388DA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388DA5	1.00	3.80	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.80	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)

#7E89A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7EA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388da5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 141, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.088 219.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7baebf',
    500: '#388da5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388da5;
$custom-light: #7baebf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388da5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.211,
    "s": 49.321,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60204,
    "c": 0.08804,
    "h": 219.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388DA5

secondary

#BE897A

accent

#6D4FD9

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #388DA5

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

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