#388C7D#388C7D

#388C7D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.084 H 179.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#388C7D
RGBrgb(56, 140, 125)
HSLhsl(169, 43%, 38%)
HSVhsv(169, 60%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(60%, 0%, 10.7%, 45.1%)
CIE-LABlab(53.03, -29.11, 0.45)
CIE-LCHlch(53.03, 29.12, 179.12°)
OKLaboklab(58.45% -0.0843 0.0007)
OKLCHoklch(58.45% 0.084 179.5)
XYZxyz(14.7090, 21.0761, 22.6910)
Luminance0.2108 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#388C7D #8C3847
analogous
#388C53 #388C7D #38718C
triadic
#388C7D #7D388C #8C7D38
tetradic
#388C7D #53388C #8C3847 #718C38
square
#388C7D #53388C #8C3847 #718C38
split-complementary
#388C7D #8C3871 #8C5338
monochromatic
#15352F #276056 #388C7D #4AB7A3 #76C8BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03
#388C7D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22
#388C7D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388C7D
5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##388C7D#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##388C7D1.004.035.225.22
#FFFFFF4.031.0021.0021.00
#0000005.2221.001.001.00
##0000005.2221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#86847C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7A7B7E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#008E87
Achromatopsia (no color)
#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #388c7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 140, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.084 179.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78aea2',
    500: '#388c7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #388c7d;
$custom-light: #78aea2;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#388c7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.286,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58451,
    "c": 0.08433,
    "h": 179.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#388C7D
secondary
#B16F7A
accent
#556CD3
background
#F7FAF9
surface
#EEF4F2
border
#C9CECC
text
#09100F
muted
#7B7F7E

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#388C7D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva