#389A8B#389A8B

#389A8B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.093 H 181.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#389A8B
RGB	rgb(56, 154, 139)
HSL	hsl(171, 47%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(171, 64%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 0%, 9.7%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.86, -32.06, -0.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.86, 32.06, 180.96°)
OKLab	oklab(62.5% -0.0934 -0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(62.5% 0.093 181.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.8445, 25.8141, 28.4633)
Luminance	0.2582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#389A8B #9A3847

analogous

#389A5A #389A8B #38789A

triadic

#389A8B #8B389A #9A8B38

tetradic

#389A8B #5A389A #9A3847 #789A38

square

#389A8B #5A389A #9A3847 #789A38

split-complementary

#389A8B #9A3878 #9A5A38

monochromatic

#17403A #286D62 #389A8B #50BFAE #7DD0C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#389A8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#389A8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #389A8B

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##389A8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##389A8B	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93918A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85878C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #389a8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 154, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.093 181.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ab8ac',
    500: '#389a8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #389a8b;
$custom-light: #7ab8ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#389a8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.816,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62504,
    "c": 0.09338,
    "h": 181.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#389A8B

secondary

#B9757F

accent

#5166D6

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #389A8B

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

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