#388F9D#388F9D

#388F9D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.084 H 209.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388F9D
RGB	rgb(56, 143, 157)
HSL	hsl(188, 47%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(188, 64%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 8.9%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.99, -21.34, -15.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.99, 26.15, 215.32°)
OKLab	oklab(60.37% -0.0732 -0.0419)
OKLCH	oklch(60.37% 0.084 209.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.5366, 22.9181, 35.3912)
Luminance	0.2292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388F9D #9D4638

analogous

#389D79 #388F9D #385D9D

triadic

#388F9D #9D388F #8F9D38

tetradic

#388F9D #79389D #9D4638 #5D9D38

square

#388F9D #79389D #9D4638 #5D9D38

split-complementary

#388F9D #9D385D #9D7938

monochromatic

#183D43 #286670 #388F9D #51B2C1 #7EC6D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#388F9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#388F9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388F9D

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388F9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388F9D	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	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)

#838A9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747F9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009593

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388f9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 143, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.084 209.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bb0ba',
    500: '#388f9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388f9d;
$custom-light: #7bb0ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388f9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.317,
    "s": 47.418,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60368,
    "c": 0.08433,
    "h": 209.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388F9D

secondary

#BA8076

accent

#6351D7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #388F9D

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

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