#388D8D#388D8D

#388D8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.081 H 195.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388D8D
RGB	rgb(56, 141, 141)
HSL	hsl(180, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(180, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 0%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.83, -25.12, -7.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.83, 26.26, 196.91°)
OKLab	oklab(59.25% -0.078 -0.0212)
OKLCH	oklch(59.25% 0.081 195.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.9614, 21.8119, 28.5631)
Luminance	0.2181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388D8D #8D3838

analogous

#388D62 #388D8D #38628D

triadic

#388D8D #8D388D #8D8D38

tetradic

#388D8D #62388D #8D3838 #628D38

square

#388D8D #62388D #8D3838 #628D38

split-complementary

#388D8D #8D3862 #8D6238

monochromatic

#153535 #276161 #388D8D #4BB7B7 #77C9C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#388D8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#388D8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388D8D

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388D8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388D8D	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84878D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777C8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388d8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 141, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.081 195.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79aeae',
    500: '#388d8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388d8d;
$custom-light: #79aeae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388d8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 43.147,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59253,
    "c": 0.08081,
    "h": 195.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388D8D

secondary

#B26F6F

accent

#5555D3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #388D8D

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

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