#388E98#388E98

#388E98 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.082 H 205.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388E98
RGB	rgb(56, 142, 152)
HSL	hsl(186, 46%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(186, 63%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 6.6%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.50, -22.35, -12.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.50, 25.84, 210.13°)
OKLab	oklab(59.92% -0.0742 -0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(59.92% 0.082 205.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.9690, 22.4520, 33.1391)
Luminance	0.2245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388E98 #984238

analogous

#389872 #388E98 #385E98

triadic

#388E98 #98388E #8E9838

tetradic

#388E98 #723898 #984238 #5E9838

square

#388E98 #723898 #984238 #5E9838

split-complementary

#388E98 #98385E #987238

monochromatic

#173A3F #28646B #388E98 #4FB3BE #7CC6CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#388E98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#388E98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388E98

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388E98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388E98	1.00	3.82	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838999

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747E98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388e98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 142, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.082 205.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aafb6',
    500: '#388e98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388e98;
$custom-light: #7aafb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388e98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.25,
    "s": 46.154,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5992,
    "c": 0.08246,
    "h": 205.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388E98

secondary

#B87B74

accent

#6052D6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #388E98

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

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