#388E9C#388E9C

#388E9C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.084 H 210.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388E9C
RGB	rgb(56, 142, 156)
HSL	hsl(188, 47%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(188, 64%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 9%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.64, -21.12, -15.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.64, 25.95, 215.50°)
OKLab	oklab(60.08% -0.0725 -0.0418)
OKLCH	oklch(60.08% 0.084 210)
XYZ	xyz(17.3021, 22.5852, 34.8936)
Luminance	0.2259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388E9C #9C4638

analogous

#389C78 #388E9C #385C9C

triadic

#388E9C #9C388E #8E9C38

tetradic

#388E9C #78389C #9C4638 #5C9C38

square

#388E9C #78389C #9C4638 #5C9C38

split-complementary

#388E9C #9C385C #9C7838

monochromatic

#183C42 #28656F #388E9C #51B1C0 #7EC5D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#388E9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#388E9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388E9C

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388E9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388E9C	1.00	3.81	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82899D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737E9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388e9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 142, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.084 210.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aafb9',
    500: '#388e9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388e9c;
$custom-light: #7aafb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388e9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.4,
    "s": 47.17,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60078,
    "c": 0.08368,
    "h": 210
  },
  "luminance": 0.22587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388E9C

secondary

#BA7F76

accent

#6451D7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #388E9C

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

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