#388B7F#388B7F

#388B7F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.082 H 182.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#388B7F
RGBrgb(56, 139, 127)
HSLhsl(171, 43%, 38%)
HSVhsv(171, 60%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(59.7%, 0%, 8.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LABlab(52.77, -28.08, -1.10)
CIE-LCHlch(52.77, 28.10, 182.23°)
OKLaboklab(58.26% -0.0822 -0.0034)
OKLCHoklch(58.26% 0.082 182.4)
XYZxyz(14.6926, 20.8368, 23.3222)
Luminance0.2084 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#388B7F #8B3844
analogous
#388B55 #388B7F #386D8B
triadic
#388B7F #7F388B #8B7F38
tetradic
#388B7F #55388B #8B3844 #6D8B38
square
#388B7F #55388B #8B3844 #6D8B38
split-complementary
#388B7F #8B386D #8B5538
monochromatic
#15342F #265F57 #388B7F #4AB6A6 #76C8BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06
#388B7F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17
#388B7F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388B7F
5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##388B7F#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##388B7F1.004.065.175.17
#FFFFFF4.061.0021.0021.00
#0000005.1721.001.001.00
##0000005.1721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#85837F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#787A80
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#008E87
Achromatopsia (no color)
#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #388b7f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 139, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.082 182.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78ada4',
    500: '#388b7f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #388b7f;
$custom-light: #78ada4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#388b7f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.325,
    "s": 42.564,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58257,
    "c": 0.0823,
    "h": 182.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#388B7F
secondary
#B16E78
accent
#5568D2
background
#F7FAFA
surface
#EEF4F4
border
#C9CECE
text
#09100F
muted
#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

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#388B7F Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva