#388E97#388E97

#388E97 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.082 H 204.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388E97
RGB	rgb(56, 142, 151)
HSL	hsl(186, 46%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(186, 63%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 6%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.47, -22.66, -12.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.47, 25.85, 208.79°)
OKLab	oklab(59.88% -0.0746 -0.0345)
OKLCH	oklch(59.88% 0.082 204.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.8874, 22.4193, 32.7095)
Luminance	0.2242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388E97 #974138

analogous

#389770 #388E97 #385E97

triadic

#388E97 #97388E #8E9738

tetradic

#388E97 #703897 #974138 #5E9738

square

#388E97 #703897 #974138 #5E9738

split-complementary

#388E97 #97385E #977038

monochromatic

#173A3E #27646A #388E97 #4FB3BE #7BC6CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#388E97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#388E97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388E97

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388E97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388E97	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838898

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757E97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388e97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 142, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.082 204.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aafb5',
    500: '#388e97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388e97;
$custom-light: #7aafb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388e97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.684,
    "s": 45.894,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59881,
    "c": 0.08222,
    "h": 204.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388E97

secondary

#B77A73

accent

#5F52D6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #388E97

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

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