#388FA8#388FA8

#388FA8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.090 H 220.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388FA8
RGB	rgb(56, 143, 168)
HSL	hsl(193, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(193, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 14.9%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.39, -17.86, -20.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.39, 27.43, 229.38°)
OKLab	oklab(60.83% -0.0686 -0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(60.83% 0.09 220.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.5183, 23.3108, 40.5617)
Luminance	0.2331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388FA8 #A85138

analogous

#38A889 #388FA8 #3857A8

triadic

#388FA8 #A8388F #8FA838

tetradic

#388FA8 #8938A8 #A85138 #57A838

square

#388FA8 #8938A8 #A85138 #57A838

split-complementary

#388FA8 #A83857 #A88938

monochromatic

#19414C #29687A #388FA8 #56AEC7 #84C4D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#388FA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#388FA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388FA8

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388FA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388FA8	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808BA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7080A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388fa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 143, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.090 220.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cb0c2',
    500: '#388fa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388fa8;
$custom-light: #7cb0c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388fa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.393,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60825,
    "c": 0.08987,
    "h": 220.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388FA8

secondary

#C08B7C

accent

#6D4EDA

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #388FA8

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

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