#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
RGB	rgb(56, 140, 125)
HSL	hsl(169, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(169, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 0%, 10.7%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.03, -29.11, 0.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.03, 29.12, 179.12°)
OKLab	oklab(58.45% -0.0843 0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(58.45% 0.084 179.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.7090, 21.0761, 22.6910)
Luminance	0.2108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##388C7D	1.00	4.03	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #388C7D

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

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