#388C8B#388C8B

#388C8B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.080 H 194.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388C8B
RGB	rgb(56, 140, 139)
HSL	hsl(179, 43%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(179, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 0%, 0.7%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.45, -25.20, -7.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.45, 26.16, 195.62°)
OKLab	oklab(58.93% -0.0778 -0.0195)
OKLCH	oklch(58.93% 0.08 194.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.6672, 21.4594, 27.7375)
Luminance	0.2146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388C8B #8C3839

analogous

#388C61 #388C8B #38638C

triadic

#388C8B #8B388C #8C8B38

tetradic

#388C8B #61388C #8C3839 #638C38

square

#388C8B #61388C #8C3839 #638C38

split-complementary

#388C8B #8C3863 #8C6138

monochromatic

#153534 #276060 #388C8B #4AB7B5 #76C8C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#388C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#388C8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388C8B

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388C8B	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84858B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767B8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 140, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.080 194.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79aeac',
    500: '#388c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388c8b;
$custom-light: #79aeac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.286,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58926,
    "c": 0.08019,
    "h": 194.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388C8B

secondary

#B16F6F

accent

#5557D3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #388C8B

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

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