#388FAA#388FAA

#388FAA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.091 H 221.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388FAA
RGB	rgb(56, 143, 170)
HSL	hsl(194, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(194, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 15.9%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.47, -17.21, -21.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.47, 27.81, 231.77°)
OKLab	oklab(60.91% -0.0678 -0.0609)
OKLCH	oklch(60.91% 0.091 221.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.7061, 23.3859, 41.5505)
Luminance	0.2339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388FAA #AA5338

analogous

#38AA8C #388FAA #3856AA

triadic

#388FAA #AA388F #8FAA38

tetradic

#388FAA #8C38AA #AA5338 #56AA38

square

#388FAA #8C38AA #AA5338 #56AA38

split-complementary

#388FAA #AA3856 #AA8C38

monochromatic

#1A424E #29687C #388FAA #57ADC8 #85C4D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#388FAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#388FAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388FAA

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388FAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388FAA	1.00	3.70	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8CAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F80AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388faa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 143, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.091 221.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cb0c3',
    500: '#388faa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388faa;
$custom-light: #7cb0c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388faa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.211,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60912,
    "c": 0.09119,
    "h": 221.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388FAA

secondary

#C18D7D

accent

#6F4EDA

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #388FAA

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

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