#388B8D#388B8D

#388B8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.079 H 197.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388B8D
RGB	rgb(56, 139, 141)
HSL	hsl(181, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(181, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 1.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.20, -24.10, -8.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.20, 25.59, 199.59°)
OKLab	oklab(58.75% -0.0757 -0.0237)
OKLCH	oklch(58.75% 0.079 197.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.6692, 21.2275, 28.4657)
Luminance	0.2123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388B8D #8D3A38

analogous

#388D64 #388B8D #38608D

triadic

#388B8D #8D388B #8B8D38

tetradic

#388B8D #64388D #8D3A38 #608D38

square

#388B8D #64388D #8D3A38 #608D38

split-complementary

#388B8D #8D3860 #8D6438

monochromatic

#153535 #276061 #388B8D #4BB5B7 #77C7C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#388B8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#388B8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388B8D

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388B8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388B8D	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82858D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747B8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388b8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 139, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.079 197.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79adae',
    500: '#388b8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388b8d;
$custom-light: #79adae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388b8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.412,
    "s": 43.147,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58745,
    "c": 0.07937,
    "h": 197.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388B8D

secondary

#B2716F

accent

#5855D3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #388B8D

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

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