#388E7A#388E7A

#388E7A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.088 H 175.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388E7A
RGB	rgb(56, 142, 122)
HSL	hsl(166, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(166, 61%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 0%, 14.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.59, -30.87, 2.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.59, 31.01, 174.47°)
OKLab	oklab(58.88% -0.0881 0.0074)
OKLCH	oklch(58.88% 0.088 175.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.8151, 21.5904, 21.7952)
Luminance	0.2159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388E7A #8E384C

analogous

#388E4F #388E7A #38778E

triadic

#388E7A #7A388E #8E7A38

tetradic

#388E7A #4F388E #8E384C #778E38

square

#388E7A #4F388E #8E384C #778E38

split-complementary

#388E7A #8E3877 #8E4F38

monochromatic

#15362F #276254 #388E7A #4BB89F #77C9B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#388E7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#388E7A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388E7A

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388E7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388E7A	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898679

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7C7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388e7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 142, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.088 175.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78afa0',
    500: '#388e7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388e7a;
$custom-light: #78afa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388e7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.047,
    "s": 43.434,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58877,
    "c": 0.08838,
    "h": 175.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388E7A

secondary

#B26F7F

accent

#5572D3

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EEF4F2

border

#C9CECC

text

#09100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #388E7A

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

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