#388D9D#388D9D

#388D9D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.084 H 212.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388D9D
RGB	rgb(56, 141, 157)
HSL	hsl(190, 47%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(190, 64%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 10.2%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.37, -20.28, -16.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.37, 25.87, 218.37°)
OKLab	oklab(59.87% -0.071 -0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(59.87% 0.084 212.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.2390, 22.3230, 35.2920)
Luminance	0.2233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388D9D #9D4838

analogous

#389D7B #388D9D #385B9D

triadic

#388D9D #9D388D #8D9D38

tetradic

#388D9D #7B389D #9D4838 #5B9D38

square

#388D9D #7B389D #9D4838 #5B9D38

split-complementary

#388D9D #9D385B #9D7B38

monochromatic

#183C43 #286470 #388D9D #51AFC1 #7EC4D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#388D9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#388D9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388D9D

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388D9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388D9D	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80889E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727D9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388d9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 141, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.084 212.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aaeba',
    500: '#388d9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388d9d;
$custom-light: #7aaeba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388d9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.505,
    "s": 47.418,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59869,
    "c": 0.08381,
    "h": 212.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388D9D

secondary

#BA8176

accent

#6651D7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #388D9D

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

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