#388EA7#388EA7

#388EA7 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.089 H 220.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388EA7
RGB	rgb(56, 142, 167)
HSL	hsl(194, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(194, 66%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 15%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.05, -17.64, -20.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.05, 27.25, 229.66°)
OKLab	oklab(60.54% -0.0679 -0.0579)
OKLCH	oklch(60.54% 0.089 220.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.2761, 22.9748, 40.0231)
Luminance	0.2298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388EA7 #A75138

analogous

#38A788 #388EA7 #3856A7

triadic

#388EA7 #A7388E #8EA738

tetradic

#388EA7 #8838A7 #A75138 #56A738

square

#388EA7 #8838A7 #A75138 #56A738

split-complementary

#388EA7 #A73856 #A78838

monochromatic

#19404B #296779 #388EA7 #56ADC6 #84C3D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#388EA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#388EA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388EA7

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388EA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388EA7	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8AA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7FA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388ea7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 142, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.089 220.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cafc1',
    500: '#388ea7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388ea7;
$custom-light: #7cafc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388ea7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.514,
    "s": 49.776,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60536,
    "c": 0.08927,
    "h": 220.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388EA7

secondary

#BF8B7B

accent

#6E4FD9

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #388EA7

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

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