#388E82#388E82

#388E82 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.084 H 182.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388E82
RGB	rgb(56, 142, 130)
HSL	hsl(172, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(172, 61%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 0%, 8.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.81, -28.73, -1.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.81, 28.76, 182.60°)
OKLab	oklab(59.13% -0.0842 -0.004)
OKLCH	oklch(59.13% 0.084 182.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.3313, 21.7969, 24.5140)
Luminance	0.2180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388E82 #8E3844

analogous

#388E57 #388E82 #386F8E

triadic

#388E82 #82388E #8E8238

tetradic

#388E82 #57388E #8E3844 #6F8E38

square

#388E82 #57388E #8E3844 #6F8E38

split-complementary

#388E82 #8E386F #8E5738

monochromatic

#153632 #27625A #388E82 #4BB8A9 #77C9BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#388E82 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#388E82 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388E82

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388E82	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388E82	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888682

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7D83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388e82;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 142, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.084 182.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78afa6',
    500: '#388e82',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388e82;
$custom-light: #78afa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388e82",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.628,
    "s": 43.434,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5913,
    "c": 0.08432,
    "h": 182.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388E82

secondary

#B26F79

accent

#5566D3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A100F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #388E82

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

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