#388B7C#388B7C

#388B7C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.084 H 179.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388B7C
RGB	rgb(56, 139, 124)
HSL	hsl(169, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(169, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 0%, 10.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.69, -28.89, 0.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.69, 28.90, 178.97°)
OKLab	oklab(58.16% -0.0837 0.0009)
OKLCH	oklch(58.16% 0.084 179.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.4999, 20.7598, 22.3078)
Luminance	0.2076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388B7C #8B3847

analogous

#388B52 #388B7C #38708B

triadic

#388B7C #7C388B #8B7C38

tetradic

#388B7C #52388B #8B3847 #708B38

square

#388B7C #52388B #8B3847 #708B38

split-complementary

#388B7C #8B3870 #8B5238

monochromatic

#15342E #265F55 #388B7C #4AB6A3 #76C8B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#388B7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#388B7C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388B7C

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388B7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388B7C	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86837B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797A7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388b7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 139, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.084 179.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77ada1',
    500: '#388b7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388b7c;
$custom-light: #77ada1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388b7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.157,
    "s": 42.564,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5816,
    "c": 0.08367,
    "h": 179.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388B7C

secondary

#B16E7A

accent

#556CD2

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EEF4F2

border

#C9CECC

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #388B7C

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

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