#388DAC#388DAC

#388DAC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.093 H 225.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388DAC
RGB	rgb(56, 141, 172)
HSL	hsl(196, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 18%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.94, -15.47, -23.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.94, 28.40, 236.99°)
OKLab	oklab(60.51% -0.0649 -0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(60.51% 0.093 225.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.5992, 22.8670, 42.4553)
Luminance	0.2287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388DAC #AC5738

analogous

#38AC91 #388DAC #3853AC

triadic

#388DAC #AC388D #8DAC38

tetradic

#388DAC #9138AC #AC5738 #53AC38

square

#388DAC #9138AC #AC5738 #53AC38

split-complementary

#388DAC #AC3853 #AC9138

monochromatic

#1A4150 #29677E #388DAC #58ABC9 #87C2D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#388DAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#388DAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388DAC

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388DAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388DAC	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)

#7C8AAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7EAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388dac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 141, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.093 225.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388dac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.034,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60512,
    "c": 0.09298,
    "h": 225.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388DAC

secondary

#C2907E

accent

#734DDA

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #388DAC

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

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