#388E85#388E85

#388E85 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.083 H 185.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388E85
RGB	rgb(56, 142, 133)
HSL	hsl(174, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(174, 61%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 0%, 6.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.90, -27.90, -2.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.90, 28.06, 185.95°)
OKLab	oklab(59.23% -0.0828 -0.0083)
OKLCH	oklch(59.23% 0.083 185.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.5356, 21.8786, 25.5900)
Luminance	0.2188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388E85 #8E3841

analogous

#388E5A #388E85 #386C8E

triadic

#388E85 #85388E #8E8538

tetradic

#388E85 #5A388E #8E3841 #6C8E38

square

#388E85 #5A388E #8E3841 #6C8E38

split-complementary

#388E85 #8E386C #8E5A38

monochromatic

#153633 #27625C #388E85 #4BB8AD #77C9C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#388E85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#388E85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388E85

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388E85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388E85	1.00	3.91	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878785

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7D86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388e85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 142, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.083 185.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78afa8',
    500: '#388e85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388e85;
$custom-light: #78afa8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388e85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.721,
    "s": 43.434,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5923,
    "c": 0.08322,
    "h": 185.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388E85

secondary

#B26F76

accent

#5562D3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A100F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #388E85

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

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