#388D9B#388D9B

#388D9B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.083 H 210.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388D9B
RGB	rgb(56, 141, 155)
HSL	hsl(188, 47%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(188, 64%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 9%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.30, -20.91, -15.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.30, 25.74, 215.69°)
OKLab	oklab(59.79% -0.0718 -0.0416)
OKLCH	oklch(59.79% 0.083 210.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.0697, 22.2553, 34.4001)
Luminance	0.2226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388D9B #9B4638

analogous

#389B78 #388D9B #385C9B

triadic

#388D9B #9B388D #8D9B38

tetradic

#388D9B #78389B #9B4638 #5C9B38

square

#388D9B #78389B #9B4638 #5C9B38

split-complementary

#388D9B #9B385C #9B7838

monochromatic

#183B41 #28646E #388D9B #50B0C0 #7DC4D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#388D9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#388D9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388D9B

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388D9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388D9B	1.00	3.85	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81889C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727D9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388d9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 141, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.083 210.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aaeb8',
    500: '#388d9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388d9b;
$custom-light: #7aaeb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388d9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.485,
    "s": 46.919,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59788,
    "c": 0.08302,
    "h": 210.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388D9B

secondary

#B97F75

accent

#6451D7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #388D9B

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

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