#388B6E#388B6E

#388B6E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.093 H 167.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388B6E
RGB	rgb(56, 139, 110)
HSL	hsl(159, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(159, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 0%, 20.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.32, -32.48, 8.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.32, 33.47, 166.02°)
OKLab	oklab(57.74% -0.0905 0.0207)
OKLCH	oklch(57.74% 0.093 167.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.6766, 20.4304, 17.9715)
Luminance	0.2043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388B6E #8B3855

analogous

#388B44 #388B6E #387E8B

triadic

#388B6E #6E388B #8B6E38

tetradic

#388B6E #44388B #8B3855 #7E8B38

square

#388B6E #44388B #8B3855 #7E8B38

split-complementary

#388B6E #8B387E #8B4438

monochromatic

#153429 #265F4B #388B6E #4AB690 #76C8AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#388B6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#388B6E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388B6E

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388B6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388B6E	1.00	4.13	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88826D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7970

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#068C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388b6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 139, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.093 167.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77ad97',
    500: '#388b6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388b6e;
$custom-light: #77ad97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388b6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.036,
    "s": 42.564,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57742,
    "c": 0.09283,
    "h": 167.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388B6E

secondary

#B16E85

accent

#5581D2

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EEF4F2

border

#C9CECC

text

#09100D

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #388B6E

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

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