#388FA0#388FA0

#388FA0 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.086 H 212.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388FA0
RGB	rgb(56, 143, 160)
HSL	hsl(190, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(190, 65%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 10.6%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.09, -20.40, -16.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.09, 26.35, 219.27°)
OKLab	oklab(60.49% -0.0719 -0.0463)
OKLCH	oklch(60.49% 0.086 212.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.7959, 23.0218, 36.7567)
Luminance	0.2302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388FA0 #A04938

analogous

#38A07D #388FA0 #385BA0

triadic

#388FA0 #A0388F #8FA038

tetradic

#388FA0 #7D38A0 #A04938 #5BA038

square

#388FA0 #7D38A0 #A04938 #5BA038

split-complementary

#388FA0 #A0385B #A07D38

monochromatic

#183E45 #286673 #388FA0 #53B0C3 #80C5D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#388FA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#388FA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388FA0

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388FA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388FA0	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828AA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737FA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009694

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388fa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 143, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.086 212.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bb0bc',
    500: '#388fa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388fa0;
$custom-light: #7bb0bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388fa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.808,
    "s": 48.148,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60489,
    "c": 0.08553,
    "h": 212.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388FA0

secondary

#BC8378

accent

#6650D8

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #388FA0

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

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