#388E8D#388E8D

#388E8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.082 H 194.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388E8D
RGB	rgb(56, 142, 141)
HSL	hsl(179, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(179, 61%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 0%, 0.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.14, -25.63, -7.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.14, 26.61, 195.63°)
OKLab	oklab(59.51% -0.0791 -0.0199)
OKLCH	oklch(59.51% 0.082 194.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.1095, 22.1082, 28.6125)
Luminance	0.2211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388E8D #8E3839

analogous

#388E62 #388E8D #38648E

triadic

#388E8D #8D388E #8E8D38

tetradic

#388E8D #62388E #8E3839 #648E38

square

#388E8D #62388E #8E3839 #648E38

split-complementary

#388E8D #8E3864 #8E6238

monochromatic

#153636 #276261 #388E8D #4BB8B7 #77C9C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#388E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#388E8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388E8D

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388E8D	1.00	3.87	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85878D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787D8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 142, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.082 194.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79afae',
    500: '#388e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388e8d;
$custom-light: #79afae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.302,
    "s": 43.434,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59508,
    "c": 0.08157,
    "h": 194.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388E8D

secondary

#B26F70

accent

#5556D3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #388E8D

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

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