#388E7F#388E7F

#388E7F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.086 H 179.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388E7F
RGB	rgb(56, 142, 127)
HSL	hsl(170, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(170, 61%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 0%, 10.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.73, -29.55, 0.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.73, 29.55, 179.41°)
OKLab	oklab(59.03% -0.0857 0.0003)
OKLCH	oklch(59.03% 0.086 179.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.1329, 21.7175, 23.4690)
Luminance	0.2172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388E7F #8E3847

analogous

#388E54 #388E7F #38728E

triadic

#388E7F #7F388E #8E7F38

tetradic

#388E7F #54388E #8E3847 #728E38

square

#388E7F #54388E #8E3847 #728E38

split-complementary

#388E7F #8E3872 #8E5438

monochromatic

#153630 #276258 #388E7F #4BB8A5 #77C9BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#388E7F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#388E7F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388E7F

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388E7F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388E7F	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)

#88867E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7C80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388e7f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 142, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.086 179.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78afa4',
    500: '#388e7f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388e7f;
$custom-light: #78afa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388e7f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.535,
    "s": 43.434,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59033,
    "c": 0.08566,
    "h": 179.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388E7F

secondary

#B26F7B

accent

#556BD3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A100F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #388E7F

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

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