#388E83#388E83

#388E83 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.084 H 183.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388E83
RGB	rgb(56, 142, 131)
HSL	hsl(172, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(172, 61%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 0%, 7.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.84, -28.46, -1.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.84, 28.52, 183.70°)
OKLab	oklab(59.16% -0.0838 -0.0054)
OKLCH	oklch(59.16% 0.084 183.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.3988, 21.8239, 24.8692)
Luminance	0.2182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388E83 #8E3843

analogous

#388E58 #388E83 #386E8E

triadic

#388E83 #83388E #8E8338

tetradic

#388E83 #58388E #8E3843 #6E8E38

square

#388E83 #58388E #8E3843 #6E8E38

split-complementary

#388E83 #8E386E #8E5838

monochromatic

#153632 #27625B #388E83 #4BB8AA #77C9BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#388E83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#388E83 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388E83

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388E83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388E83	1.00	3.91	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.91	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)

#888683

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7D84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388e83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 142, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.084 183.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78afa7',
    500: '#388e83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388e83;
$custom-light: #78afa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388e83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.326,
    "s": 43.434,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59163,
    "c": 0.08394,
    "h": 183.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388E83

secondary

#B26F78

accent

#5565D3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A100F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #388E83

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

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