#388EA4#388EA4

#388EA4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.087 H 217.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388EA4
RGB	rgb(56, 142, 164)
HSL	hsl(192, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(192, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 13.4%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.93, -18.60, -19.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.93, 26.75, 225.94°)
OKLab	oklab(60.41% -0.0692 -0.0535)
OKLCH	oklch(60.41% 0.087 217.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.0020, 22.8652, 38.5794)
Luminance	0.2287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388EA4 #A44E38

analogous

#38A484 #388EA4 #3858A4

triadic

#388EA4 #A4388E #8EA438

tetradic

#388EA4 #8438A4 #A44E38 #58A438

square

#388EA4 #8438A4 #A44E38 #58A438

split-complementary

#388EA4 #A43858 #A48438

monochromatic

#193F49 #286676 #388EA4 #54AEC5 #82C4D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#388EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#388EA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388EA4

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388EA4	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)

#808AA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707FA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009695

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 142, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.087 217.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bafbf',
    500: '#388ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388ea4;
$custom-light: #7bafbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.222,
    "s": 49.091,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60408,
    "c": 0.08744,
    "h": 217.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388EA4

secondary

#BE887A

accent

#6B4FD9

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #388EA4

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

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