#388A8A#388A8A

#388A8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.079 H 195.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388A8A
RGB	rgb(56, 138, 138)
HSL	hsl(180, 42%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(180, 59%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 0%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.79, -24.47, -7.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.79, 25.58, 196.94°)
OKLab	oklab(58.38% -0.076 -0.0207)
OKLCH	oklch(58.38% 0.079 195.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.3048, 20.8511, 27.2579)
Luminance	0.2085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388A8A #8A3838

analogous

#388A61 #388A8A #38618A

triadic

#388A8A #8A388A #8A8A38

tetradic

#388A8A #61388A #8A3838 #618A38

square

#388A8A #61388A #8A3838 #618A38

split-complementary

#388A8A #8A3861 #8A6138

monochromatic

#153333 #265E5E #388A8A #4AB5B5 #75C7C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#388A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#388A8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388A8A

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388A8A	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82848A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747A8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 138, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.079 195.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78acac',
    500: '#388a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388a8a;
$custom-light: #78acac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 42.268,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5838,
    "c": 0.07872,
    "h": 195.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388A8A

secondary

#B06E6E

accent

#5656D2

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #388A8A

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

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