#388EA8#388EA8

#388EA8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.090 H 221.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388EA8
RGB	rgb(56, 142, 168)
HSL	hsl(194, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(194, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 15.5%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.08, -17.32, -21.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.08, 27.44, 230.87°)
OKLab	oklab(60.58% -0.0675 -0.0594)
OKLCH	oklch(60.58% 0.09 221.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.3689, 23.0119, 40.5119)
Luminance	0.2301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388EA8 #A85238

analogous

#38A88A #388EA8 #3856A8

triadic

#388EA8 #A8388E #8EA838

tetradic

#388EA8 #8A38A8 #A85238 #56A838

square

#388EA8 #8A38A8 #A85238 #56A838

split-complementary

#388EA8 #A83856 #A88A38

monochromatic

#19404C #29677A #388EA8 #56ADC7 #84C3D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#388EA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#388EA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388EA8

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388EA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388EA8	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)

#7F8AA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7FA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388ea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 142, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.090 221.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cafc2',
    500: '#388ea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388ea8;
$custom-light: #7cafc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388ea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.929,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60579,
    "c": 0.08993,
    "h": 221.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388EA8

secondary

#C08C7C

accent

#6F4EDA

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #388EA8

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

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