#388B8F#388B8F

#388B8F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.079 H 199.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388B8F
RGB	rgb(56, 139, 143)
HSL	hsl(183, 44%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(183, 61%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 2.8%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.26, -23.51, -9.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.26, 25.41, 202.29°)
OKLab	oklab(58.82% -0.0748 -0.0267)
OKLCH	oklch(58.82% 0.079 199.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.8193, 21.2875, 29.2565)
Luminance	0.2129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388B8F #8F3C38

analogous

#388F68 #388B8F #38608F

triadic

#388B8F #8F388B #8B8F38

tetradic

#388B8F #68388F #8F3C38 #608F38

square

#388B8F #68388F #8F3C38 #608F38

split-complementary

#388B8F #8F3860 #8F6838

monochromatic

#163637 #276063 #388B8F #4BB4B9 #77C6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#388B8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#388B8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388B8F

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388B8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388B8F	1.00	3.99	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82858F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747B8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388b8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 139, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.079 199.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79adaf',
    500: '#388b8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388b8f;
$custom-light: #79adaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388b8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.759,
    "s": 43.719,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58819,
    "c": 0.07944,
    "h": 199.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388B8F

secondary

#B37370

accent

#5A54D3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #388B8F

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

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