#388EAC#388EAC

#388EAC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.093 H 224.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388EAC
RGB	rgb(56, 142, 172)
HSL	hsl(196, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 17.4%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.24, -16.02, -23.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.24, 28.31, 235.54°)
OKLab	oklab(60.76% -0.066 -0.0652)
OKLCH	oklch(60.76% 0.093 224.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.7473, 23.1633, 42.5047)
Luminance	0.2316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388EAC #AC5638

analogous

#38AC90 #388EAC #3854AC

triadic

#388EAC #AC388E #8EAC38

tetradic

#388EAC #9038AC #AC5638 #54AC38

square

#388EAC #9038AC #AC5638 #54AC38

split-complementary

#388EAC #AC3854 #AC9038

monochromatic

#1A4250 #29687E #388EAC #58ACC9 #87C3D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#388EAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#388EAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388EAC

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388EAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388EAC	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D8BAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7FAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388eac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 142, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.093 224.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cafc4',
    500: '#388eac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388eac;
$custom-light: #7cafc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388eac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.517,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60755,
    "c": 0.09277,
    "h": 224.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388EAC

secondary

#C2907E

accent

#724DDA

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #388EAC

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

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