#388EA3#388EA3

#388EA3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.087 H 216.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388EA3
RGB	rgb(56, 142, 163)
HSL	hsl(192, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(192, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 12.9%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.90, -18.92, -18.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.90, 26.61, 224.67°)
OKLab	oklab(60.37% -0.0696 -0.052)
OKLCH	oklch(60.37% 0.087 216.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.9120, 22.8292, 38.1057)
Luminance	0.2283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388EA3 #A34D38

analogous

#38A382 #388EA3 #3858A3

triadic

#388EA3 #A3388E #8EA338

tetradic

#388EA3 #8238A3 #A34D38 #58A338

square

#388EA3 #8238A3 #A34D38 #58A338

split-complementary

#388EA3 #A33858 #A38238

monochromatic

#193F48 #286675 #388EA3 #54AEC4 #82C4D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#388EA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#388EA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388EA3

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388EA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388EA3	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)

#808AA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717EA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388ea3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 142, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.087 216.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bafbe',
    500: '#388ea3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388ea3;
$custom-light: #7bafbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388ea3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.776,
    "s": 48.858,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60366,
    "c": 0.08689,
    "h": 216.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388EA3

secondary

#BD8779

accent

#6A4FD8

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #388EA3

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

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