#388DAB#388DAB

#388DAB is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.092 H 224.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388DAB
RGB	rgb(56, 141, 171)
HSL	hsl(196, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 17.5%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.90, -15.80, -23.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.90, 28.15, 235.86°)
OKLab	oklab(60.47% -0.0653 -0.0651)
OKLCH	oklch(60.47% 0.092 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.5035, 22.8288, 41.9514)
Luminance	0.2283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388DAB #AB5638

analogous

#38AB90 #388DAB #3854AB

triadic

#388DAB #AB388D #8DAB38

tetradic

#388DAB #9038AB #AB5638 #54AB38

square

#388DAB #9038AB #AB5638 #54AB38

split-complementary

#388DAB #AB3854 #AB9038

monochromatic

#1A414F #29677D #388DAB #58ABC8 #86C2D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#388DAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#388DAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388DAB

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388DAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388DAB	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8AAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7EAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388dab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 141, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.092 224.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7caec4',
    500: '#388dab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388dab;
$custom-light: #7caec4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388dab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.652,
    "s": 50.661,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60467,
    "c": 0.09221,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388DAB

secondary

#C18F7D

accent

#724EDA

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #388DAB

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

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