#388B7D#388B7D

#388B7D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.083 H 180.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388B7D
RGB	rgb(56, 139, 125)
HSL	hsl(170, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(170, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 0%, 10.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.71, -28.62, -0.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.71, 28.62, 180.04°)
OKLab	oklab(58.19% -0.0832 -0.0005)
OKLCH	oklch(58.19% 0.083 180.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.5635, 20.7852, 22.6425)
Luminance	0.2079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388B7D #8B3846

analogous

#388B54 #388B7D #386F8B

triadic

#388B7D #7D388B #8B7D38

tetradic

#388B7D #54388B #8B3846 #6F8B38

square

#388B7D #54388B #8B3846 #6F8B38

split-complementary

#388B7D #8B386F #8B5438

monochromatic

#15342F #265F56 #388B7D #4AB6A4 #76C8BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#388B7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#388B7D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388B7D

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388B7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388B7D	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85837C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797A7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388b7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 139, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.083 180.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78ada2',
    500: '#388b7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388b7d;
$custom-light: #78ada2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388b7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.88,
    "s": 42.564,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58192,
    "c": 0.08319,
    "h": 180.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388B7D

secondary

#B16E79

accent

#556BD2

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EEF4F2

border

#C9CECC

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #388B7D

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

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