#388C7E#388C7E

#388C7E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.084 H 180.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388C7E
RGB	rgb(56, 140, 126)
HSL	hsl(170, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(170, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 0%, 10%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.06, -28.84, -0.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.06, 28.84, 180.18°)
OKLab	oklab(58.48% -0.0838 -0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(58.48% 0.084 180.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.7732, 21.1018, 23.0291)
Luminance	0.2110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388C7E #8C3846

analogous

#388C54 #388C7E #38708C

triadic

#388C7E #7E388C #8C7E38

tetradic

#388C7E #54388C #8C3846 #708C38

square

#388C7E #54388C #8C3846 #708C38

split-complementary

#388C7E #8C3870 #8C5438

monochromatic

#15352F #276057 #388C7E #4AB7A5 #76C8BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#388C7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#388C7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388C7E

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388C7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388C7E	1.00	4.02	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.02	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)

#86847D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797B7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388c7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 140, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.084 180.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78aea3',
    500: '#388c7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388c7e;
$custom-light: #78aea3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388c7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58483,
    "c": 0.08385,
    "h": 180.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388C7E

secondary

#B16F7A

accent

#556AD3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F3

border

#C9CECD

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #388C7E

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

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