#388E7B#388E7B

#388E7B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.088 H 176.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388E7B
RGB	rgb(56, 142, 123)
HSL	hsl(167, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(167, 61%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 0%, 13.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.62, -30.61, 2.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.62, 30.71, 175.42°)
OKLab	oklab(58.91% -0.0876 0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(58.91% 0.088 176.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.8774, 21.6153, 22.1232)
Luminance	0.2162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388E7B #8E384B

analogous

#388E50 #388E7B #38768E

triadic

#388E7B #7B388E #8E7B38

tetradic

#388E7B #50388E #8E384B #768E38

square

#388E7B #50388E #8E384B #768E38

split-complementary

#388E7B #8E3876 #8E5038

monochromatic

#15362F #276255 #388E7B #4BB8A0 #77C9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#388E7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#388E7B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388E7B

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388E7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388E7B	1.00	3.94	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.94	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)

#89867A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7C7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388e7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 142, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.088 176.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78afa1',
    500: '#388e7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388e7b;
$custom-light: #78afa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388e7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.744,
    "s": 43.434,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58908,
    "c": 0.08779,
    "h": 176.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388E7B

secondary

#B26F7E

accent

#5571D3

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EEF4F2

border

#C9CECC

text

#09100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #388E7B

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

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