#388ba7

Color #388ba7

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 15.66 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 3.6

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Conversions

HEX

#388ba7

RGB

rgb(56, 139, 167)

HSL

hsl(195.1, 49.8%, 43.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(195.1, 66.5%, 65.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(66.5%, 16.8%, 0%, 34.5%)

LAB

lab(54.13, -16.01, -22.18)

LCH

lch(54.13, 27.35, 234.18)

OKLCH

oklch(59.8%, 0.0895, 223.73)

HWB

hwb(195.1, 22%, 34.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a75438

Analogous

#38a78b

#388ba7

#3854a7

Triadic

#388ba7

#a7388b

#8ba738

Split-complementary

#388ba7

#a73854

#a78b38

Tetradic

#388ba7

#5438a7

#a75438

#8ba738

Square

#388ba7

#8b38a7

#a75438

#54a738

Shades

Color #388ba7 mixed toward black.

#2f748b

#255d6f

#1c4553

#132e38

#09171c

Tints

Color #388ba7 mixed toward white.

#4ca5c3

#70b7cf

#93c9db

#b7dbe7

#dbedf3

Tones

Color #388ba7 mixed toward gray.

#41869e

#4a8294

#547d8b

#5d7982

#667479

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.88:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.42:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.42:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6667a1 · ΔE 22.2

Deuteranopia

#625b9f · ΔE 24.9

Tritanopia

#3f9c9b · ΔE 12.9

Achromatopsia

#818181 · ΔE 18.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #388ba7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#388ba7]

Related colors

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#388ba7 (#388ba7) is rgb(56, 139, 167) in RGB.

No, #388ba7 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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