#388E79#388E79

#388E79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.089 H 174.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388E79
RGB	rgb(56, 142, 121)
HSL	hsl(165, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(165, 61%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 0%, 14.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.56, -31.13, 3.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.56, 31.33, 173.54°)
OKLab	oklab(58.85% -0.0885 0.0089)
OKLCH	oklch(58.85% 0.089 174.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.7535, 21.5657, 21.4705)
Luminance	0.2157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388E79 #8E384D

analogous

#388E4E #388E79 #38788E

triadic

#388E79 #79388E #8E7938

tetradic

#388E79 #4E388E #8E384D #788E38

square

#388E79 #4E388E #8E384D #788E38

split-complementary

#388E79 #8E3878 #8E4E38

monochromatic

#15362E #276254 #388E79 #4BB89D #77C9B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#388E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#388E79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388E79

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388E79	1.00	3.95	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898578

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7C7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 142, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.089 174.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78af9f',
    500: '#388e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388e79;
$custom-light: #78af9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.349,
    "s": 43.434,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58847,
    "c": 0.08899,
    "h": 174.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388E79

secondary

#B26F80

accent

#5574D3

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EEF4F2

border

#C9CECC

text

#09100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #388E79

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

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