#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
RGB	rgb(56, 142, 142)
HSL	hsl(180, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(180, 61%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 0%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.17, -25.34, -7.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.17, 26.48, 196.90°)
OKLab	oklab(59.54% -0.0786 -0.0213)
OKLCH	oklch(59.54% 0.082 195.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.1843, 22.1381, 29.0061)
Luminance	0.2214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##388E8E	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #388E8E

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