#388B72#388B72

#388B72 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.090 H 170.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388B72
RGB	rgb(56, 139, 114)
HSL	hsl(162, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(162, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 0%, 18%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.42, -31.49, 5.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.42, 32.04, 169.35°)
OKLab	oklab(57.86% -0.0885 0.0151)
OKLCH	oklch(57.86% 0.09 170.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.8993, 20.5195, 19.1445)
Luminance	0.2052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388B72 #8B3851

analogous

#388B48 #388B72 #387A8B

triadic

#388B72 #72388B #8B7238

tetradic

#388B72 #48388B #8B3851 #7A8B38

square

#388B72 #48388B #8B3851 #7A8B38

split-complementary

#388B72 #8B387A #8B4838

monochromatic

#15342A #265F4E #388B72 #4AB696 #76C8AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#388B72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#388B72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388B72

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388B72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388B72	1.00	4.11	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878271

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7974

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388b72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 139, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.090 170.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77ad9a',
    500: '#388b72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388b72;
$custom-light: #77ad9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388b72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.928,
    "s": 42.564,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57856,
    "c": 0.0898,
    "h": 170.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388B72

secondary

#B16E82

accent

#557BD2

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EEF4F2

border

#C9CECC

text

#09100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #388B72

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

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