#388E8F#388E8F

#388E8F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.081 H 196.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388E8F
RGB	rgb(56, 142, 143)
HSL	hsl(181, 44%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(181, 61%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 0.7%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.20, -25.04, -8.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.20, 26.36, 198.19°)
OKLab	oklab(59.58% -0.0782 -0.0228)
OKLCH	oklch(59.58% 0.081 196.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.2597, 22.1682, 29.4033)
Luminance	0.2217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388E8F #8F3938

analogous

#388F65 #388E8F #38638F

triadic

#388E8F #8F388E #8E8F38

tetradic

#388E8F #65388F #8F3938 #638F38

square

#388E8F #65388F #8F3938 #638F38

split-complementary

#388E8F #8F3863 #8F6538

monochromatic

#163737 #276263 #388E8F #4BB7B9 #77C9CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#388E8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#388E8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388E8F

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388E8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388E8F	1.00	3.86	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.86	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)

#85888F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777D90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388e8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 142, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.081 196.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79afaf',
    500: '#388e8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388e8f;
$custom-light: #79afaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388e8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.69,
    "s": 43.719,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5958,
    "c": 0.08146,
    "h": 196.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388E8F

secondary

#B37170

accent

#5654D3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #388E8F

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

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