#388E8E#388E8E

#388E8E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.082 H 195.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#388E8E
RGBrgb(56, 142, 142)
HSLhsl(180, 43%, 39%)
HSVhsv(180, 61%, 56%)
CMYKcmyk(60.6%, 0%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LABlab(54.17, -25.34, -7.70)
CIE-LCHlch(54.17, 26.48, 196.90°)
OKLaboklab(59.54% -0.0786 -0.0213)
OKLCHoklch(59.54% 0.082 195.2)
XYZxyz(16.1843, 22.1381, 29.0061)
Luminance0.2214 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#388E8E #8E3838
analogous
#388E63 #388E8E #38638E
triadic
#388E8E #8E388E #8E8E38
tetradic
#388E8E #63388E #8E3838 #638E38
square
#388E8E #63388E #8E3838 #638E38
split-complementary
#388E8E #8E3863 #8E6338
monochromatic
#153636 #276262 #388E8E #4BB8B8 #77C9C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87
#388E8E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43
#388E8E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388E8E
5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##388E8E#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##388E8E1.003.875.435.43
#FFFFFF3.871.0021.0021.00
#0000005.4321.001.001.00
##0000005.4321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#85878E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#777D8F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00928E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #388e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 142, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.082 195.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79afaf',
    500: '#388e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #388e8e;
$custom-light: #79afaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#388e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 43.434,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59544,
    "c": 0.0815,
    "h": 195.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#388E8E
secondary
#B26F6F
accent
#5555D3
background
#F7FAFA
surface
#EEF4F4
border
#C9CECE
text
#0A1010
muted
#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

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#388E8E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva