#388A88#388A88

#388A88 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.079 H 193.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388A88
RGB	rgb(56, 138, 136)
HSL	hsl(179, 42%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(179, 59%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 0%, 1.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.72, -25.05, -6.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.72, 25.85, 194.30°)
OKLab	oklab(58.31% -0.0769 -0.0177)
OKLCH	oklch(58.31% 0.079 193)
XYZ	xyz(15.1614, 20.7937, 26.5024)
Luminance	0.2079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388A88 #8A383A

analogous

#388A5F #388A88 #38638A

triadic

#388A88 #88388A #8A8838

tetradic

#388A88 #5F388A #8A383A #638A38

square

#388A88 #5F388A #8A383A #638A38

split-complementary

#388A88 #8A3863 #8A5F38

monochromatic

#153332 #265E5D #388A88 #4AB5B3 #75C7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#388A88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#388A88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388A88

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388A88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388A88	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828388

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757A89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388a88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 138, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.079 193.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78acaa',
    500: '#388a88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388a88;
$custom-light: #78acaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388a88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.537,
    "s": 42.268,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58308,
    "c": 0.07889,
    "h": 193
  },
  "luminance": 0.20795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388A88

secondary

#B06E6F

accent

#5659D2

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #388A88

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

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