#388D7E#388D7E

#388D7E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.085 H 179.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388D7E
RGB	rgb(56, 141, 126)
HSL	hsl(169, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(169, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 0%, 10.6%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.38, -29.33, 0.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.38, 29.33, 179.27°)
OKLab	oklab(58.74% -0.085 0.0005)
OKLCH	oklch(58.74% 0.085 179.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.9199, 21.3954, 23.0781)
Luminance	0.2140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388D7E #8D3847

analogous

#388D53 #388D7E #38718D

triadic

#388D7E #7E388D #8D7E38

tetradic

#388D7E #53388D #8D3847 #718D38

square

#388D7E #53388D #8D3847 #718D38

split-complementary

#388D7E #8D3871 #8D5338

monochromatic

#153530 #276157 #388D7E #4BB7A4 #77C9BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#388D7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#388D7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388D7E

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388D7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388D7E	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87857D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7C7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388d7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 141, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.085 179.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78afa3',
    500: '#388d7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388d7e;
$custom-light: #78afa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388d7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.412,
    "s": 43.147,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58742,
    "c": 0.085,
    "h": 179.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388D7E

secondary

#B26F7B

accent

#556BD3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F3

border

#C9CECD

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #388D7E

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

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