#388B99#388B99

#388B99 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.082 H 210.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388B99
RGB	rgb(56, 139, 153)
HSL	hsl(189, 46%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(189, 63%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 9.2%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.60, -20.47, -14.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.60, 25.33, 216.07°)
OKLab	oklab(59.21% -0.0705 -0.0414)
OKLCH	oklch(59.21% 0.082 210.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.6109, 21.6042, 33.4254)
Luminance	0.2161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388B99 #994638

analogous

#389976 #388B99 #385A99

triadic

#388B99 #99388B #8B9938

tetradic

#388B99 #763899 #994638 #5A9938

square

#388B99 #763899 #994638 #5A9938

split-complementary

#388B99 #99385A #997638

monochromatic

#173A3F #28626C #388B99 #4FAFBF #7CC3CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#388B99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#388B99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388B99

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388B99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388B99	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F869A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717B99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388b99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 139, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.082 210.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aadb7',
    500: '#388b99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388b99;
$custom-light: #7aadb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388b99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.66,
    "s": 46.411,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59208,
    "c": 0.0817,
    "h": 210.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388B99

secondary

#B87E74

accent

#6552D6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #388B99

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

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