#388D9A#388D9A

#388D9A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.083 H 209.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388D9A
RGB	rgb(56, 141, 154)
HSL	hsl(188, 47%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(188, 64%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 8.4%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.26, -21.22, -14.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.26, 25.69, 214.34°)
OKLab	oklab(59.75% -0.0722 -0.0402)
OKLCH	oklch(59.75% 0.083 209.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.9861, 22.2218, 33.9596)
Luminance	0.2222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388D9A #9A4538

analogous

#389A76 #388D9A #385C9A

triadic

#388D9A #9A388D #8D9A38

tetradic

#388D9A #76389A #9A4538 #5C9A38

square

#388D9A #76389A #9A4538 #5C9A38

split-complementary

#388D9A #9A385C #9A7638

monochromatic

#173B40 #28646D #388D9A #50B1BF #7DC5D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#388D9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#388D9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388D9A

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388D9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388D9A	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81889B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737D9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388d9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 141, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.083 209.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aaeb7',
    500: '#388d9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388d9a;
$custom-light: #7aaeb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388d9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.959,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59748,
    "c": 0.08267,
    "h": 209.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388D9A

secondary

#B97E75

accent

#6351D6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #388D9A

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

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