#388D8A#388D8A

#388D8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.081 H 192.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388D8A
RGB	rgb(56, 141, 138)
HSL	hsl(178, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(178, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 0%, 2.1%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.73, -25.99, -6.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.73, 26.69, 193.09°)
OKLab	oklab(59.15% -0.0793 -0.0168)
OKLCH	oklch(59.15% 0.081 192)
XYZ	xyz(15.7412, 21.7239, 27.4034)
Luminance	0.2172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388D8A #8D383B

analogous

#388D5F #388D8A #38658D

triadic

#388D8A #8A388D #8D8A38

tetradic

#388D8A #5F388D #8D383B #658D38

square

#388D8A #5F388D #8D383B #658D38

split-complementary

#388D8A #8D3865 #8D5F38

monochromatic

#153534 #27615F #388D8A #4BB7B4 #77C9C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#388D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#388D8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388D8A

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388D8A	1.00	3.93	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85868A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777C8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 141, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.081 192.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79aeac',
    500: '#388d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388d8a;
$custom-light: #79aeac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.882,
    "s": 43.147,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59146,
    "c": 0.08111,
    "h": 192
  },
  "luminance": 0.21725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388D8A

secondary

#B26F71

accent

#5559D3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #388D8A

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

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