#388EA6#388EA6

#388EA6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.089 H 219.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388EA6
RGB	rgb(56, 142, 166)
HSL	hsl(193, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(193, 66%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 14.5%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.01, -17.96, -20.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.01, 27.08, 228.43°)
OKLab	oklab(60.49% -0.0683 -0.0564)
OKLCH	oklch(60.49% 0.089 219.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.1840, 22.9380, 39.5381)
Luminance	0.2294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388EA6 #A65038

analogous

#38A687 #388EA6 #3857A6

triadic

#388EA6 #A6388E #8EA638

tetradic

#388EA6 #8738A6 #A65038 #57A638

square

#388EA6 #8738A6 #A65038 #57A638

split-complementary

#388EA6 #A63857 #A68738

monochromatic

#19404A #296778 #388EA6 #55ADC6 #83C3D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#388EA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#388EA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388EA6

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388EA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388EA6	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8AA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7FA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388ea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 142, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.089 219.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cafc0',
    500: '#388ea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388ea6;
$custom-light: #7cafc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388ea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.091,
    "s": 49.55,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60493,
    "c": 0.08864,
    "h": 219.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388EA6

secondary

#BF8A7B

accent

#6D4FD9

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #388EA6

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

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