#388E9F#388E9F

#388E9F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.085 H 213.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388E9F
RGB	rgb(56, 142, 159)
HSL	hsl(190, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(190, 65%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 10.7%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.75, -20.19, -16.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.75, 26.15, 219.48°)
OKLab	oklab(60.2% -0.0712 -0.0462)
OKLCH	oklch(60.2% 0.085 213)
XYZ	xyz(17.5593, 22.6881, 36.2480)
Luminance	0.2269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388E9F #9F4938

analogous

#389F7D #388E9F #385B9F

triadic

#388E9F #9F388E #8E9F38

tetradic

#388E9F #7D389F #9F4938 #5B9F38

square

#388E9F #7D389F #9F4938 #5B9F38

split-complementary

#388E9F #9F385B #9F7D38

monochromatic

#183D44 #286672 #388E9F #52B0C2 #7FC4D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#388E9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#388E9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388E9F

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388E9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388E9F	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8189A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727E9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009593

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388e9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 142, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.085 213.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bafbb',
    500: '#388e9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388e9f;
$custom-light: #7bafbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388e9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.903,
    "s": 47.907,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.602,
    "c": 0.08489,
    "h": 213
  },
  "luminance": 0.2269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388E9F

secondary

#BB8377

accent

#6750D7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #388E9F

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

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