#388EA1#388EA1

#388EA1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.086 H 214.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388EA1
RGB	rgb(56, 142, 161)
HSL	hsl(191, 48%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(191, 65%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 11.8%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.82, -19.56, -17.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.82, 26.36, 222.10°)
OKLab	oklab(60.28% -0.0704 -0.0491)
OKLCH	oklch(60.28% 0.086 214.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.7343, 22.7581, 37.1694)
Luminance	0.2276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388EA1 #A14B38

analogous

#38A17F #388EA1 #385AA1

triadic

#388EA1 #A1388E #8EA138

tetradic

#388EA1 #7F38A1 #A14B38 #5AA138

square

#388EA1 #7F38A1 #A14B38 #5AA138

split-complementary

#388EA1 #A1385A #A17F38

monochromatic

#183E46 #286674 #388EA1 #53AFC3 #80C4D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#388EA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#388EA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388EA1

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388EA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388EA1	1.00	3.78	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818AA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717EA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009594

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388ea1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 142, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.086 214.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bafbc',
    500: '#388ea1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388ea1;
$custom-light: #7bafbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388ea1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.857,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60282,
    "c": 0.08583,
    "h": 214.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388EA1

secondary

#BC8578

accent

#6850D8

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #388EA1

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

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