#388E88#388E88

#388E88 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.082 H 188.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388E88
RGB	rgb(56, 142, 136)
HSL	hsl(176, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(176, 61%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 0%, 4.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.99, -27.06, -4.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.99, 27.44, 189.46°)
OKLab	oklab(59.33% -0.0814 -0.0126)
OKLCH	oklch(59.33% 0.082 188.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.7459, 21.9627, 26.6972)
Luminance	0.2196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388E88 #8E383E

analogous

#388E5D #388E88 #38698E

triadic

#388E88 #88388E #8E8838

tetradic

#388E88 #5D388E #8E383E #698E38

square

#388E88 #5D388E #8E383E #698E38

split-complementary

#388E88 #8E3869 #8E5D38

monochromatic

#153634 #27625E #388E88 #4BB8B0 #77C9C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#388E88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#388E88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388E88

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388E88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388E88	1.00	3.89	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.89	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)

#868788

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797D89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388e88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 142, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.082 188.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79afaa',
    500: '#388e88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388e88;
$custom-light: #79afaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388e88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.814,
    "s": 43.434,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59332,
    "c": 0.08239,
    "h": 188.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388E88

secondary

#B26F74

accent

#555DD3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #388E88

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

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