#388F9C#388F9C

#388F9C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.084 H 208.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388F9C
RGB	rgb(56, 143, 156)
HSL	hsl(188, 47%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(188, 64%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 8.3%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.95, -21.65, -14.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.95, 26.11, 214.00°)
OKLab	oklab(60.33% -0.0736 -0.0405)
OKLCH	oklch(60.33% 0.084 208.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.4516, 22.8841, 34.9434)
Luminance	0.2289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388F9C #9C4538

analogous

#389C77 #388F9C #385D9C

triadic

#388F9C #9C388F #8F9C38

tetradic

#388F9C #77389C #9C4538 #5D9C38

square

#388F9C #77389C #9C4538 #5D9C38

split-complementary

#388F9C #9C385D #9C7738

monochromatic

#183C42 #28666F #388F9C #51B2C0 #7EC6D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#388F9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#388F9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388F9C

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388F9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388F9C	1.00	3.77	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838A9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747F9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009593

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388f9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 143, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.084 208.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bb0b9',
    500: '#388f9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388f9c;
$custom-light: #7bb0b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388f9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.8,
    "s": 47.17,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60328,
    "c": 0.08398,
    "h": 208.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388F9C

secondary

#BA7F76

accent

#6251D7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #388F9C

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

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