#388D7D#388D7D

#388D7D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.086 H 178.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388D7D
RGB	rgb(56, 141, 125)
HSL	hsl(169, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(169, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 0%, 11.3%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.35, -29.60, 0.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.35, 29.61, 178.24°)
OKLab	oklab(58.71% -0.0855 0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(58.71% 0.086 178.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.8557, 21.3697, 22.7399)
Luminance	0.2137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388D7D #8D3848

analogous

#388D52 #388D7D #38728D

triadic

#388D7D #7D388D #8D7D38

tetradic

#388D7D #52388D #8D3848 #728D38

square

#388D7D #52388D #8D3848 #728D38

split-complementary

#388D7D #8D3872 #8D5238

monochromatic

#15352F #276156 #388D7D #4BB7A3 #77C9B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#388D7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#388D7D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388D7D

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388D7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388D7D	1.00	3.98	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88857C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7C7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388d7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 141, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.086 178.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78afa2',
    500: '#388d7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388d7d;
$custom-light: #78afa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388d7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.706,
    "s": 43.147,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58711,
    "c": 0.0855,
    "h": 178.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388D7D

secondary

#B26F7C

accent

#556DD3

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EEF4F2

border

#C9CECC

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #388D7D

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

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