#388B79#388B79

#388B79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.085 H 176.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388B79
RGB	rgb(56, 139, 121)
HSL	hsl(167, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(167, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 0%, 12.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.60, -29.69, 2.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.60, 29.77, 175.88°)
OKLab	oklab(58.07% -0.0851 0.0052)
OKLCH	oklch(58.07% 0.085 176.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.3131, 20.6850, 21.3238)
Luminance	0.2069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388B79 #8B384A

analogous

#388B4F #388B79 #38738B

triadic

#388B79 #79388B #8B7938

tetradic

#388B79 #4F388B #8B384A #738B38

square

#388B79 #4F388B #8B384A #738B38

split-complementary

#388B79 #8B3873 #8B4F38

monochromatic

#15342D #265F53 #388B79 #4AB69F #76C8B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#388B79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#388B79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388B79

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388B79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388B79	1.00	4.09	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868378

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7A7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388b79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 139, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.085 176.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77ad9f',
    500: '#388b79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388b79;
$custom-light: #77ad9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388b79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.988,
    "s": 42.564,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58066,
    "c": 0.08527,
    "h": 176.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388B79

secondary

#B16E7D

accent

#5571D2

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EEF4F2

border

#C9CECC

text

#09100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #388B79

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

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