#388B80#388B80

#388B80 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.082 H 183.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388B80
RGB	rgb(56, 139, 128)
HSL	hsl(172, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(172, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 0%, 7.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.80, -27.81, -1.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.80, 27.86, 183.36°)
OKLab	oklab(58.29% -0.0818 -0.0048)
OKLCH	oklch(58.29% 0.082 183.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.7580, 20.8630, 23.6671)
Luminance	0.2087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388B80 #8B3843

analogous

#388B56 #388B80 #386C8B

triadic

#388B80 #80388B #8B8038

tetradic

#388B80 #56388B #8B3843 #6C8B38

square

#388B80 #56388B #8B3843 #6C8B38

split-complementary

#388B80 #8B386C #8B5638

monochromatic

#153430 #265F58 #388B80 #4AB6A8 #76C8BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#388B80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#388B80 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388B80

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388B80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388B80	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)

#858480

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787A81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388b80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 139, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.082 183.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78ada4',
    500: '#388b80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388b80;
$custom-light: #78ada4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388b80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.048,
    "s": 42.564,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5829,
    "c": 0.0819,
    "h": 183.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388B80

secondary

#B16E77

accent

#5566D2

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #388B80

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

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