#389C8B#389C8B

#389C8B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.096 H 179.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#389C8B
RGB	rgb(56, 156, 139)
HSL	hsl(170, 47%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(170, 64%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 0%, 10.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.49, -33.00, 0.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.49, 33.01, 179.33°)
OKLab	oklab(63.02% -0.0955 0.0005)
OKLCH	oklch(63.02% 0.096 179.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.1774, 26.4798, 28.5742)
Luminance	0.2648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#389C8B #9C3849

analogous

#389C59 #389C8B #387B9C

triadic

#389C8B #8B389C #9C8B38

tetradic

#389C8B #59389C #9C3849 #7B9C38

square

#389C8B #59389C #9C3849 #7B9C38

split-complementary

#389C8B #9C387B #9C5938

monochromatic

#18423B #286F63 #389C8B #51C0AD #7ED1C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#389C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#389C8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #389C8B

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##389C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##389C8B	1.00	3.34	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96938A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87888C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #389c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 156, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.096 179.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bbaac',
    500: '#389c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #389c8b;
$custom-light: #7bbaac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#389c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.8,
    "s": 47.17,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63016,
    "c": 0.09555,
    "h": 179.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#389C8B

secondary

#BA7681

accent

#5168D7

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #389C8B

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

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