#388C81#388C81

#388C81 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.083 H 183.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388C81
RGB	rgb(56, 140, 129)
HSL	hsl(172, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(172, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 0%, 7.9%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.15, -28.03, -1.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.15, 28.08, 183.48°)
OKLab	oklab(58.58% -0.0824 -0.005)
OKLCH	oklch(58.58% 0.083 183.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.9696, 21.1804, 24.0639)
Luminance	0.2118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388C81 #8C3843

analogous

#388C57 #388C81 #386D8C

triadic

#388C81 #81388C #8C8138

tetradic

#388C81 #57388C #8C3843 #6D8C38

square

#388C81 #57388C #8C3843 #6D8C38

split-complementary

#388C81 #8C386D #8C5738

monochromatic

#153530 #276059 #388C81 #4AB7A9 #76C8BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#388C81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#388C81 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388C81

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388C81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388C81	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868481

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797B82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388c81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 140, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.083 183.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78aea5',
    500: '#388c81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388c81;
$custom-light: #78aea5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388c81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.143,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58581,
    "c": 0.08258,
    "h": 183.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388C81

secondary

#B16F77

accent

#5566D3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A100F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #388C81

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

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