#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
RGB	rgb(56, 139, 127)
HSL	hsl(171, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(171, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 0%, 8.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.77, -28.08, -1.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.77, 28.10, 182.23°)
OKLab	oklab(58.26% -0.0822 -0.0034)
OKLCH	oklch(58.26% 0.082 182.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.6926, 20.8368, 23.3222)
Luminance	0.2084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##388B7F	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #388B7F

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

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