#388F8A#388F8A

#388F8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.083 H 189.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388F8A
RGB	rgb(56, 143, 138)
HSL	hsl(177, 44%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(177, 61%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 0%, 3.5%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.36, -26.99, -5.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.36, 27.47, 190.72°)
OKLab	oklab(59.66% -0.0816 -0.0143)
OKLCH	oklch(59.66% 0.083 189.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.0388, 22.3190, 27.5026)
Luminance	0.2232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388F8A #8F383D

analogous

#388F5F #388F8A #38698F

triadic

#388F8A #8A388F #8F8A38

tetradic

#388F8A #5F388F #8F383D #698F38

square

#388F8A #5F388F #8F383D #698F38

split-complementary

#388F8A #8F3869 #8F5F38

monochromatic

#163735 #276360 #388F8A #4BB9B2 #77CAC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#388F8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#388F8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388F8A

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388F8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388F8A	1.00	3.84	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87888A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7E8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00938D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388f8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 143, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.083 189.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79b0ac',
    500: '#388f8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388f8a;
$custom-light: #79b0ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388f8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.552,
    "s": 43.719,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59657,
    "c": 0.08285,
    "h": 189.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388F8A

secondary

#B37074

accent

#545CD3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF5F4

border

#C9CFCE

text

#0A1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #388F8A

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

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