#388DA8#388DA8

#388DA8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.090 H 222.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388DA8
RGB	rgb(56, 141, 168)
HSL	hsl(194, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(194, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 16.1%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.78, -16.78, -21.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.78, 27.48, 232.36°)
OKLab	oklab(60.33% -0.0665 -0.0607)
OKLCH	oklch(60.33% 0.09 222.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.2208, 22.7157, 40.4625)
Luminance	0.2272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388DA8 #A85338

analogous

#38A88B #388DA8 #3855A8

triadic

#388DA8 #A8388D #8DA838

tetradic

#388DA8 #8B38A8 #A85338 #55A838

square

#388DA8 #8B38A8 #A85338 #55A838

split-complementary

#388DA8 #A83855 #A88B38

monochromatic

#19404C #29667A #388DA8 #56ACC7 #84C2D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#388DA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#388DA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388DA8

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388DA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388DA8	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D8AA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7EA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388da8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 141, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.090 222.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7caec2',
    500: '#388da8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388da8;
$custom-light: #7caec2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388da8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.464,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60334,
    "c": 0.09003,
    "h": 222.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388DA8

secondary

#C08C7C

accent

#704EDA

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #388DA8

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

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