#388DAA#388DAA

#388DAA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.091 H 224.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388DAA
RGB	rgb(56, 141, 170)
HSL	hsl(195, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(195, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 17.1%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.86, -16.13, -22.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.86, 27.92, 234.71°)
OKLab	oklab(60.42% -0.0657 -0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(60.42% 0.091 224.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.4085, 22.7908, 41.4513)
Luminance	0.2279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388DAA #AA5538

analogous

#38AA8E #388DAA #3854AA

triadic

#388DAA #AA388D #8DAA38

tetradic

#388DAA #8E38AA #AA5538 #54AA38

square

#388DAA #8E38AA #AA5538 #54AA38

split-complementary

#388DAA #AA3854 #AA8E38

monochromatic

#1A414E #29677C #388DAA #57ABC8 #85C2D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#388DAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#388DAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388DAA

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388DAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388DAA	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D8AAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7EAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388daa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 141, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.091 224.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7caec3',
    500: '#388daa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388daa;
$custom-light: #7caec3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388daa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.263,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60422,
    "c": 0.09146,
    "h": 224.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388DAA

secondary

#C18E7D

accent

#714EDA

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #388DAA

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

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