#388ca7

Color #388ca7

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 16.1 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 3.6

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Conversions

HEX

#388ca7

RGB

rgb(56, 140, 167)

HSL

hsl(194.6, 49.8%, 43.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(194.6, 66.5%, 65.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(66.5%, 16.2%, 0%, 34.5%)

LAB

lab(54.43, -16.56, -21.71)

LCH

lch(54.43, 27.3, 232.66)

OKLCH

oklch(60%, 0.0895, 222.64)

HWB

hwb(194.6, 22%, 34.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a75338

Analogous

#38a78a

#388ca7

#3854a7

Triadic

#388ca7

#a7388c

#8ca738

Split-complementary

#388ca7

#a73854

#a78a38

Tetradic

#388ca7

#5338a7

#a75338

#8ca738

Square

#388ca7

#8a38a7

#a75338

#54a738

Shades

Color #388ca7 mixed toward black.

#2f758b

#255d6f

#1c4653

#132f38

#09171c

Tints

Color #388ca7 mixed toward white.

#4ca6c3

#70b8cf

#93cadb

#b7dbe7

#dbedf3

Tones

Color #388ca7 mixed toward gray.

#41879e

#4a8294

#547e8b

#5d7982

#667479

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.83:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.48:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.48:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6768a1 · ΔE 22.6

Deuteranopia

#625ca0 · ΔE 25

Tritanopia

#409c9b · ΔE 12.4

Achromatopsia

#828282 · ΔE 18.7

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #388ca7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#388ca7]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Frequently asked questions

#388ca7 (#388ca7) is rgb(56, 140, 167) in RGB.

No, #388ca7 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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