#388ea2

Color #388ea2

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 12.48 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 5.4

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Conversions

HEX

#388ea2

RGB

rgb(56, 142, 162)

HSL

hsl(191.3, 48.6%, 42.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(191.3, 65.4%, 63.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(65.4%, 12.3%, 0%, 36.5%)

LAB

lab(54.86, -19.24, -18.19)

LCH

lch(54.86, 26.48, 223.39)

OKLCH

oklch(60.3%, 0.0864, 215.86)

HWB

hwb(191.3, 22%, 36.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a24c38

Analogous

#38a281

#388ea2

#3859a2

Triadic

#388ea2

#a2388e

#8ea238

Split-complementary

#388ea2

#a23859

#a28138

Tetradic

#388ea2

#4c38a2

#a24c38

#8ea238

Square

#388ea2

#8138a2

#a24c38

#59a238

Shades

Color #388ea2 mixed toward black.

#2f7687

#255f6c

#1c4751

#132f36

#09181b

Tints

Color #388ea2 mixed toward white.

#4aaac0

#6ebbcd

#92ccd9

#b7dde6

#dbeef2

Tones

Color #388ea2 mixed toward gray.

#418899

#4a8390

#527d87

#5b787f

#647276

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.78:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.56:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.56:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#68699d · ΔE 24.4

Deuteranopia

#645d9c · ΔE 26.9

Tritanopia

#409a99 · ΔE 9.5

Achromatopsia

#838383 · ΔE 19

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Code

CSS

background-color: #388ea2;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#388ea2]

Related colors

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Frequently asked questions

#388ea2 (#388ea2) is rgb(56, 142, 162) in RGB.

No, #388ea2 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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