#389A8E#389A8E

#389A8E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.092 H 183.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#389A8E
RGB	rgb(56, 154, 142)
HSL	hsl(173, 47%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(173, 64%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 0%, 7.8%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.94, -31.24, -2.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.94, 31.31, 183.88°)
OKLab	oklab(62.6% -0.0919 -0.0062)
OKLCH	oklch(62.6% 0.092 183.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.0667, 25.9030, 29.6336)
Luminance	0.2591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#389A8E #9A3844

analogous

#389A5D #389A8E #38759A

triadic

#389A8E #8E389A #9A8E38

tetradic

#389A8E #5D389A #9A3844 #759A38

square

#389A8E #5D389A #9A3844 #759A38

split-complementary

#389A8E #9A3875 #9A5D38

monochromatic

#17403B #286D65 #389A8E #50BFB2 #7DD0C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#389A8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#389A8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #389A8E

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##389A8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##389A8E	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93928E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84878F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #389a8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 154, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.092 183.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bb8af',
    500: '#389a8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #389a8e;
$custom-light: #7bb8af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#389a8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.653,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62601,
    "c": 0.09216,
    "h": 183.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#389A8E

secondary

#B9757D

accent

#5162D6

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #389A8E

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

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