#388DAD#388DAD

#388DAD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.094 H 226.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388DAD
RGB	rgb(56, 141, 173)
HSL	hsl(196, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(196, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 18.5%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.98, -15.14, -24.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.98, 28.65, 238.09°)
OKLab	oklab(60.56% -0.0645 -0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(60.56% 0.094 226.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.6956, 22.9056, 42.9630)
Luminance	0.2291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388DAD #AD5838

analogous

#38AD92 #388DAD #3853AD

triadic

#388DAD #AD388D #8DAD38

tetradic

#388DAD #9238AD #AD5838 #53AD38

square

#388DAD #9238AD #AD5838 #53AD38

split-complementary

#388DAD #AD3853 #AD9238

monochromatic

#1A4251 #29677F #388DAD #59ABC9 #87C2D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#388DAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#388DAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388DAD

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388DAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388DAD	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8AAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7EAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388dad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 141, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.094 226.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7caec5',
    500: '#388dad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388dad;
$custom-light: #7caec5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388dad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.41,
    "s": 51.092,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60557,
    "c": 0.09377,
    "h": 226.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388DAD

secondary

#C2917F

accent

#744DDB

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #388DAD

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

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