#388EA9#388EA9

#388EA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.091 H 222.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388EA9
RGB	rgb(56, 142, 169)
HSL	hsl(194, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(194, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.9%, 16%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.12, -17.00, -21.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.12, 27.64, 232.06°)
OKLab	oklab(60.62% -0.0672 -0.0608)
OKLCH	oklch(60.62% 0.091 222.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.4624, 23.0493, 41.0044)
Luminance	0.2305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388EA9 #A95338

analogous

#38A98C #388EA9 #3856A9

triadic

#388EA9 #A9388E #8EA938

tetradic

#388EA9 #8C38A9 #A95338 #56A938

square

#388EA9 #8C38A9 #A95338 #56A938

split-complementary

#388EA9 #A93856 #A98C38

monochromatic

#1A414D #29677B #388EA9 #57ACC7 #85C3D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#388EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#388EA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388EA9

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388EA9	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8BAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7FA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 142, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.091 222.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cafc2',
    500: '#388ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388ea9;
$custom-light: #7cafc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.336,
    "s": 50.222,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60623,
    "c": 0.09061,
    "h": 222.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388EA9

secondary

#C08D7C

accent

#6F4EDA

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #388EA9

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

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