#389C8E#389C8E

#389C8E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.094 H 182.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#389C8E
RGB	rgb(56, 156, 142)
HSL	hsl(172, 47%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(172, 64%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 0%, 9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.57, -32.19, -1.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.57, 32.22, 182.13°)
OKLab	oklab(63.11% -0.0941 -0.0037)
OKLCH	oklch(63.11% 0.094 182.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.3996, 26.5687, 29.7445)
Luminance	0.2657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#389C8E #9C3846

analogous

#389C5C #389C8E #38789C

triadic

#389C8E #8E389C #9C8E38

tetradic

#389C8E #5C389C #9C3846 #789C38

square

#389C8E #5C389C #9C3846 #789C38

split-complementary

#389C8E #9C3878 #9C5C38

monochromatic

#18423C #286F65 #389C8E #51C0B1 #7ED1C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#389C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#389C8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #389C8E

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##389C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##389C8E	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95938D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86888F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #389c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 156, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.094 182.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bbaaf',
    500: '#389c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #389c8e;
$custom-light: #7bbaaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#389c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.6,
    "s": 47.17,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63111,
    "c": 0.0942,
    "h": 182.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#389C8E

secondary

#BA767F

accent

#5164D7

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #389C8E

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

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