#388A8D#388A8D

#388A8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.079 H 198.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388A8D
RGB	rgb(56, 138, 141)
HSL	hsl(182, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(182, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 2.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.88, -23.59, -9.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.88, 25.27, 200.98°)
OKLab	oklab(58.49% -0.0746 -0.025)
OKLCH	oklch(58.49% 0.079 198.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.5250, 20.9392, 28.4176)
Luminance	0.2094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388A8D #8D3B38

analogous

#388D65 #388A8D #385F8D

triadic

#388A8D #8D388A #8A8D38

tetradic

#388A8D #65388D #8D3B38 #5F8D38

square

#388A8D #65388D #8D3B38 #5F8D38

split-complementary

#388A8D #8D385F #8D6538

monochromatic

#153435 #275F61 #388A8D #4BB4B7 #77C6C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#388A8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#388A8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388A8D

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388A8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388A8D	1.00	4.05	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81848D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737A8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388a8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 138, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.079 198.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79acae',
    500: '#388a8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388a8d;
$custom-light: #79acae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388a8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.118,
    "s": 43.147,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58491,
    "c": 0.07869,
    "h": 198.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388A8D

secondary

#B2716F

accent

#5955D3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #388A8D

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

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