#388B8A#388B8A

#388B8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.079 H 194.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388B8A
RGB	rgb(56, 139, 138)
HSL	hsl(179, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(179, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 0%, 0.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.10, -24.98, -6.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.10, 25.94, 195.62°)
OKLab	oklab(58.64% -0.0771 -0.0194)
OKLCH	oklch(58.64% 0.079 194.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.4490, 21.1394, 27.3060)
Luminance	0.2114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388B8A #8B3839

analogous

#388B60 #388B8A #38628B

triadic

#388B8A #8A388B #8B8A38

tetradic

#388B8A #60388B #8B3839 #628B38

square

#388B8A #60388B #8B3839 #628B38

split-complementary

#388B8A #8B3862 #8B6038

monochromatic

#153433 #265F5F #388B8A #4AB6B5 #76C8C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#388B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#388B8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388B8A

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388B8A	1.00	4.02	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83858A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757B8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 139, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.079 194.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78adac',
    500: '#388b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388b8a;
$custom-light: #78adac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.277,
    "s": 42.564,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58635,
    "c": 0.07949,
    "h": 194.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388B8A

secondary

#B16E6F

accent

#5557D2

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #388B8A

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

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