#388E9D#388E9D

#388E9D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.084 H 211.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388E9D
RGB	rgb(56, 142, 157)
HSL	hsl(189, 47%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(189, 64%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 9.6%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.68, -20.81, -15.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.68, 26.00, 216.84°)
OKLab	oklab(60.12% -0.0721 -0.0433)
OKLCH	oklch(60.12% 0.084 211)
XYZ	xyz(17.3872, 22.6192, 35.3414)
Luminance	0.2262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388E9D #9D4738

analogous

#389D7A #388E9D #385C9D

triadic

#388E9D #9D388E #8E9D38

tetradic

#388E9D #7A389D #9D4738 #5C9D38

square

#388E9D #7A389D #9D4738 #5C9D38

split-complementary

#388E9D #9D385C #9D7A38

monochromatic

#183C43 #286570 #388E9D #51B0C1 #7EC5D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#388E9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#388E9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388E9D

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388E9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388E9D	1.00	3.80	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.80	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)

#82899E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737E9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009593

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388e9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 142, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.084 211.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bafba',
    500: '#388e9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388e9d;
$custom-light: #7bafba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388e9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.911,
    "s": 47.418,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60118,
    "c": 0.08405,
    "h": 211
  },
  "luminance": 0.22621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388E9D

secondary

#BA8076

accent

#6551D7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #388E9D

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

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