#388E9A#388E9A

#388E9A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.083 H 207.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388E9A
RGB	rgb(56, 142, 154)
HSL	hsl(187, 47%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(187, 64%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 7.8%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.57, -21.74, -14.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.57, 25.87, 212.82°)
OKLab	oklab(60% -0.0733 -0.0389)
OKLCH	oklch(60% 0.083 207.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.1342, 22.5180, 34.0090)
Luminance	0.2252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388E9A #9A4438

analogous

#389A75 #388E9A #385D9A

triadic

#388E9A #9A388E #8E9A38

tetradic

#388E9A #75389A #9A4438 #5D9A38

square

#388E9A #75389A #9A4438 #5D9A38

split-complementary

#388E9A #9A385D #9A7538

monochromatic

#173B40 #28656D #388E9A #50B2BF #7DC5D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#388E9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#388E9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388E9A

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388E9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388E9A	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)

#82899B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747E9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388e9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 142, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.083 207.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aafb7',
    500: '#388e9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388e9a;
$custom-light: #7aafb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388e9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.347,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59998,
    "c": 0.083,
    "h": 207.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388E9A

secondary

#B97D75

accent

#6251D6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #388E9A

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

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