#388E99#388E99

#388E99 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.083 H 206.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388E99
RGB	rgb(56, 142, 153)
HSL	hsl(187, 46%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(187, 63%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 7.2%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.54, -22.05, -13.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.54, 25.85, 211.48°)
OKLab	oklab(59.96% -0.0738 -0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(59.96% 0.083 206.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.0512, 22.4849, 33.5722)
Luminance	0.2249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388E99 #994338

analogous

#389973 #388E99 #385D99

triadic

#388E99 #99388E #8E9938

tetradic

#388E99 #733899 #994338 #5D9938

square

#388E99 #733899 #994338 #5D9938

split-complementary

#388E99 #99385D #997338

monochromatic

#173B3F #28646C #388E99 #4FB2BF #7CC6CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#388E99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#388E99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388E99

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388E99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388E99	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83899A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747E99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388e99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 142, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.083 206.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aafb7',
    500: '#388e99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388e99;
$custom-light: #7aafb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388e99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.804,
    "s": 46.411,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59959,
    "c": 0.08271,
    "h": 206.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388E99

secondary

#B87C74

accent

#6152D6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #388E99

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

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