#388E8B#388E8B

#388E8B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.082 H 192.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388E8B
RGB	rgb(56, 142, 139)
HSL	hsl(178, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(178, 61%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 0%, 2.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.08, -26.21, -6.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.08, 26.91, 193.12°)
OKLab	oklab(59.44% -0.08 -0.017)
OKLCH	oklch(59.44% 0.082 192)
XYZ	xyz(15.9621, 22.0492, 27.8358)
Luminance	0.2205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388E8B #8E383B

analogous

#388E60 #388E8B #38668E

triadic

#388E8B #8B388E #8E8B38

tetradic

#388E8B #60388E #8E383B #668E38

square

#388E8B #60388E #8E383B #668E38

split-complementary

#388E8B #8E3866 #8E6038

monochromatic

#153635 #276260 #388E8B #4BB8B4 #77C9C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#388E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#388E8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388E8B

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388E8B	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86878B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787D8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 142, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.082 192.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79afac',
    500: '#388e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388e8b;
$custom-light: #79afac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.907,
    "s": 43.434,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59436,
    "c": 0.0818,
    "h": 192
  },
  "luminance": 0.22051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388E8B

secondary

#B26F72

accent

#5559D3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #388E8B

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

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