#388C8F#388C8F

#388C8F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.080 H 198.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388C8F
RGB	rgb(56, 140, 143)
HSL	hsl(182, 44%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(182, 61%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 2.1%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.58, -24.03, -9.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.58, 25.72, 200.89°)
OKLab	oklab(59.07% -0.0759 -0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(59.07% 0.08 198.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.9648, 21.5784, 29.3050)
Luminance	0.2158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388C8F #8F3B38

analogous

#388F67 #388C8F #38618F

triadic

#388C8F #8F388C #8C8F38

tetradic

#388C8F #67388F #8F3B38 #618F38

square

#388C8F #67388F #8F3B38 #618F38

split-complementary

#388C8F #8F3861 #8F6738

monochromatic

#163637 #276163 #388C8F #4BB5B9 #77C7CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#388C8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#388C8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388C8F

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388C8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388C8F	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83868F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757C90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388c8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 140, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.080 198.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79aeaf',
    500: '#388c8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388c8f;
$custom-light: #79aeaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388c8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.069,
    "s": 43.719,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59073,
    "c": 0.08008,
    "h": 198.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388C8F

secondary

#B37270

accent

#5954D3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #388C8F

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

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