#388B97#388B97

#388B97 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.081 H 208.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388B97
RGB	rgb(56, 139, 151)
HSL	hsl(188, 46%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(188, 63%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 7.9%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.53, -21.09, -13.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.53, 25.24, 213.31°)
OKLab	oklab(59.13% -0.0713 -0.0384)
OKLCH	oklch(59.13% 0.081 208.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.4471, 21.5386, 32.5627)
Luminance	0.2154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388B97 #974438

analogous

#389773 #388B97 #385B97

triadic

#388B97 #97388B #8B9738

tetradic

#388B97 #733897 #974438 #5B9738

square

#388B97 #733897 #974438 #5B9738

split-complementary

#388B97 #97385B #977338

monochromatic

#17393E #27626A #388B97 #4FB0BE #7BC4CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#388B97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#388B97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388B97

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388B97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388B97	1.00	3.96	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808698

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717B97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388b97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 139, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.081 208.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aadb5',
    500: '#388b97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388b97;
$custom-light: #7aadb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388b97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.579,
    "s": 45.894,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59128,
    "c": 0.08101,
    "h": 208.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388B97

secondary

#B77C73

accent

#6352D6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #388B97

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

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