#388E87#388E87

#388E87 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.083 H 187.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388E87
RGB	rgb(56, 142, 135)
HSL	hsl(175, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(175, 61%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 0%, 4.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.96, -27.34, -3.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.96, 27.63, 188.28°)
OKLab	oklab(59.3% -0.0819 -0.0112)
OKLCH	oklch(59.3% 0.083 187.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.6751, 21.9344, 26.3246)
Luminance	0.2194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388E87 #8E383F

analogous

#388E5C #388E87 #386A8E

triadic

#388E87 #87388E #8E8738

tetradic

#388E87 #5C388E #8E383F #6A8E38

square

#388E87 #5C388E #8E383F #6A8E38

split-complementary

#388E87 #8E386A #8E5C38

monochromatic

#153634 #27625D #388E87 #4BB8AF #77C9C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#388E87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#388E87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388E87

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388E87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388E87	1.00	3.90	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878787

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797D88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388e87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 142, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.083 187.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79afa9',
    500: '#388e87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388e87;
$custom-light: #79afa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388e87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.116,
    "s": 43.434,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59297,
    "c": 0.08264,
    "h": 187.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388E87

secondary

#B26F75

accent

#555FD3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #388E87

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

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