#388E9B#388E9B

#388E9B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.083 H 209.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388E9B
RGB	rgb(56, 142, 155)
HSL	hsl(188, 47%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(188, 64%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 8.4%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.61, -21.43, -14.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.61, 25.90, 214.16°)
OKLab	oklab(60.04% -0.0729 -0.0403)
OKLCH	oklch(60.04% 0.083 209)
XYZ	xyz(17.2178, 22.5515, 34.4495)
Luminance	0.2255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388E9B #9B4538

analogous

#389B77 #388E9B #385D9B

triadic

#388E9B #9B388E #8E9B38

tetradic

#388E9B #77389B #9B4538 #5D9B38

square

#388E9B #77389B #9B4538 #5D9B38

split-complementary

#388E9B #9B385D #9B7738

monochromatic

#183C41 #28656E #388E9B #50B1C0 #7DC5D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#388E9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#388E9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388E9B

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388E9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388E9B	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82899C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737E9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388e9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 142, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.083 209.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aafb8',
    500: '#388e9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388e9b;
$custom-light: #7aafb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388e9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.879,
    "s": 46.919,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60038,
    "c": 0.08333,
    "h": 209
  },
  "luminance": 0.22553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388E9B

secondary

#B97E75

accent

#6351D7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #388E9B

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

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