#388E8A#388E8A

#388E8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.082 H 190.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388E8A
RGB	rgb(56, 142, 138)
HSL	hsl(177, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(177, 61%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 0%, 2.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.05, -26.49, -5.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.05, 27.07, 191.89°)
OKLab	oklab(59.4% -0.0805 -0.0155)
OKLCH	oklch(59.4% 0.082 190.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.8893, 22.0201, 27.4528)
Luminance	0.2202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388E8A #8E383C

analogous

#388E5F #388E8A #38678E

triadic

#388E8A #8A388E #8E8A38

tetradic

#388E8A #5F388E #8E383C #678E38

square

#388E8A #5F388E #8E383C #678E38

split-complementary

#388E8A #8E3867 #8E5F38

monochromatic

#153635 #27625F #388E8A #4BB8B3 #77C9C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#388E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#388E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388E8A

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388E8A	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86878A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787D8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 142, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.082 190.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79afac',
    500: '#388e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388e8a;
$custom-light: #79afac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.209,
    "s": 43.434,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59401,
    "c": 0.08197,
    "h": 190.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388E8A

secondary

#B26F73

accent

#555BD3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #388E8A

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

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