#388B98#388B98

#388B98 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.081 H 209.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388B98
RGB	rgb(56, 139, 152)
HSL	hsl(188, 46%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(188, 63%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 8.6%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.57, -20.78, -14.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.57, 25.28, 214.69°)
OKLab	oklab(59.17% -0.0709 -0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(59.17% 0.081 209.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.5286, 21.5713, 32.9923)
Luminance	0.2157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388B98 #984538

analogous

#389875 #388B98 #385B98

triadic

#388B98 #98388B #8B9838

tetradic

#388B98 #753898 #984538 #5B9838

square

#388B98 #753898 #984538 #5B9838

split-complementary

#388B98 #98385B #987538

monochromatic

#17393F #28626B #388B98 #4FAFBE #7CC3CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#388B98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#388B98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388B98

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388B98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388B98	1.00	3.95	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.95	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)

#7F8699

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717B98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388b98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 139, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.081 209.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aadb6',
    500: '#388b98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388b98;
$custom-light: #7aadb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388b98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.125,
    "s": 46.154,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59167,
    "c": 0.08134,
    "h": 209.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388B98

secondary

#B87D74

accent

#6452D6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #388B98

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

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