#388A99#388A99

#388A99 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.081 H 211.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388A99
RGB	rgb(56, 138, 153)
HSL	hsl(189, 46%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(189, 63%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 9.8%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.29, -19.94, -15.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.29, 25.19, 217.64°)
OKLab	oklab(58.96% -0.0694 -0.0427)
OKLCH	oklch(58.96% 0.081 211.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.4668, 21.3159, 33.3774)
Luminance	0.2132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388A99 #994738

analogous

#389977 #388A99 #385999

triadic

#388A99 #99388A #8A9938

tetradic

#388A99 #773899 #994738 #599938

square

#388A99 #773899 #994738 #599938

split-complementary

#388A99 #993859 #997738

monochromatic

#17393F #28626C #388A99 #4FAEBF #7CC2CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#388A99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#388A99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388A99

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388A99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388A99	1.00	3.99	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E859A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707B99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388a99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 138, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.081 211.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aacb7',
    500: '#388a99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388a99;
$custom-light: #7aacb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388a99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.278,
    "s": 46.411,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58958,
    "c": 0.08144,
    "h": 211.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388A99

secondary

#B87F74

accent

#6652D6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #388A99

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

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