#388B86#388B86

#388B86 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.080 H 189.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388B86
RGB	rgb(56, 139, 134)
HSL	hsl(176, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(176, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 0%, 3.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.98, -26.13, -4.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.98, 26.58, 190.51°)
OKLab	oklab(58.49% -0.0789 -0.0135)
OKLCH	oklch(58.49% 0.08 189.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.1647, 21.0257, 25.8088)
Luminance	0.2103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388B86 #8B383D

analogous

#388B5C #388B86 #38668B

triadic

#388B86 #86388B #8B8638

tetradic

#388B86 #5C388B #8B383D #668B38

square

#388B86 #5C388B #8B383D #668B38

split-complementary

#388B86 #8B3866 #8B5C38

monochromatic

#153432 #265F5C #388B86 #4AB6B0 #76C8C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#388B86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#388B86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388B86

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388B86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388B86	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848486

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767A87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388b86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 139, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.080 189.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78ada9',
    500: '#388b86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388b86;
$custom-light: #78ada9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388b86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.386,
    "s": 42.564,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58494,
    "c": 0.08009,
    "h": 189.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388B86

secondary

#B16E72

accent

#555DD2

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A100F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #388B86

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

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