#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
RGBrgb(56, 142, 159)
HSLhsl(190, 48%, 42%)
HSVhsv(190, 65%, 62%)
CMYKcmyk(64.8%, 10.7%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LABlab(54.75, -20.19, -16.63)
CIE-LCHlch(54.75, 26.15, 219.48°)
OKLaboklab(60.2% -0.0712 -0.0462)
OKLCHoklch(60.2% 0.085 213)
XYZxyz(17.5593, 22.6881, 36.2480)
Luminance0.2269 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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
##388E9F1.003.795.545.54
#FFFFFF3.791.0021.0021.00
#0000005.5421.001.001.00
##0000005.5421.001.001.00

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

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#388E9F Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva