#388D7B#388D7B

#388D7B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.087 H 176.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388D7B
RGB	rgb(56, 141, 123)
HSL	hsl(167, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(167, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 0%, 12.8%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.30, -30.13, 1.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.30, 30.19, 176.23°)
OKLab	oklab(58.65% -0.0864 0.0048)
OKLCH	oklch(58.65% 0.087 176.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.7293, 21.3191, 22.0738)
Luminance	0.2132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388D7B #8D384A

analogous

#388D50 #388D7B #38748D

triadic

#388D7B #7B388D #8D7B38

tetradic

#388D7B #50388D #8D384A #748D38

square

#388D7B #50388D #8D384A #748D38

split-complementary

#388D7B #8D3874 #8D5038

monochromatic

#15352F #276155 #388D7B #4BB7A0 #77C9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#388D7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#388D7B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388D7B

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388D7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388D7B	1.00	3.99	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88857A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7B7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388d7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 141, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.087 176.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78afa1',
    500: '#388d7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388d7b;
$custom-light: #78afa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388d7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.294,
    "s": 43.147,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58648,
    "c": 0.08657,
    "h": 176.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388D7B

secondary

#B26F7D

accent

#5570D3

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EEF4F2

border

#C9CECC

text

#09100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #388D7B

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

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