#388E7E#388E7E

#388E7E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.086 H 178.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388E7E
RGB	rgb(56, 142, 126)
HSL	hsl(169, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(169, 61%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 0%, 11.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.70, -29.81, 0.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.70, 29.83, 178.39°)
OKLab	oklab(59% -0.0861 0.0018)
OKLCH	oklch(59% 0.086 178.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.0681, 21.6916, 23.1274)
Luminance	0.2169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388E7E #8E3848

analogous

#388E53 #388E7E #38738E

triadic

#388E7E #7E388E #8E7E38

tetradic

#388E7E #53388E #8E3848 #738E38

square

#388E7E #53388E #8E3848 #738E38

split-complementary

#388E7E #8E3873 #8E5338

monochromatic

#153630 #276257 #388E7E #4BB8A4 #77C9BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#388E7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#388E7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388E7E

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388E7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388E7E	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88867D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7C7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388e7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 142, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.086 178.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78afa3',
    500: '#388e7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388e7e;
$custom-light: #78afa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388e7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.837,
    "s": 43.434,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59001,
    "c": 0.08616,
    "h": 178.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388E7E

secondary

#B26F7C

accent

#556CD3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F3

border

#C9CECD

text

#0A100F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #388E7E

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

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