#389C8C#389C8C

#389C8C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.095 H 180.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#389C8C
RGB	rgb(56, 156, 140)
HSL	hsl(170, 47%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(170, 64%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 0%, 10.3%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.52, -32.74, -0.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.52, 32.74, 180.25°)
OKLab	oklab(63.05% -0.0951 -0.0009)
OKLCH	oklch(63.05% 0.095 180.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.2508, 26.5092, 28.9608)
Luminance	0.2651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#389C8C #9C3848

analogous

#389C5A #389C8C #387A9C

triadic

#389C8C #8C389C #9C8C38

tetradic

#389C8C #5A389C #9C3848 #7A9C38

square

#389C8C #5A389C #9C3848 #7A9C38

split-complementary

#389C8C #9C387A #9C5A38

monochromatic

#18423B #286F64 #389C8C #51C0AF #7ED1C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#389C8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#389C8C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #389C8C

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##389C8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##389C8C	1.00	3.33	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.33	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)

#95938B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87888D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #389c8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 156, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.095 180.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bbaad',
    500: '#389c8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #389c8c;
$custom-light: #7bbaad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#389c8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.4,
    "s": 47.17,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63047,
    "c": 0.09508,
    "h": 180.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#389C8C

secondary

#BA7681

accent

#5166D7

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #389C8C

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

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