#388D8F#388D8F

#388D8F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.081 H 197.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388D8F
RGB	rgb(56, 141, 143)
HSL	hsl(181, 44%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(181, 61%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 1.4%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.89, -24.54, -8.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.89, 26.03, 199.52°)
OKLab	oklab(59.33% -0.0771 -0.0241)
OKLCH	oklch(59.33% 0.081 197.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.1116, 21.8720, 29.3539)
Luminance	0.2187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388D8F #8F3A38

analogous

#388F66 #388D8F #38628F

triadic

#388D8F #8F388D #8D8F38

tetradic

#388D8F #66388F #8F3A38 #628F38

square

#388D8F #66388F #8F3A38 #628F38

split-complementary

#388D8F #8F3862 #8F6638

monochromatic

#163637 #276263 #388D8F #4BB6B9 #77C8CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#388D8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#388D8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388D8F

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388D8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388D8F	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84878F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767C90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388d8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 141, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.081 197.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79aeaf',
    500: '#388d8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388d8f;
$custom-light: #79aeaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388d8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.379,
    "s": 43.719,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59326,
    "c": 0.08076,
    "h": 197.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388D8F

secondary

#B37170

accent

#5754D3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #388D8F

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

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