#389D8A#389D8A

#389D8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.097 H 178.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#389D8A
RGB	rgb(56, 157, 138)
HSL	hsl(169, 47%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(169, 64%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 0%, 12.1%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.78, -33.74, 1.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.78, 33.77, 177.68°)
OKLab	oklab(63.24% -0.0971 0.0031)
OKLCH	oklch(63.24% 0.097 178.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.2731, 26.7877, 28.2474)
Luminance	0.2679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#389D8A #9D384B

analogous

#389D58 #389D8A #387E9D

triadic

#389D8A #8A389D #9D8A38

tetradic

#389D8A #58389D #9D384B #7E9D38

square

#389D8A #58389D #9D384B #7E9D38

split-complementary

#389D8A #9D387E #9D5838

monochromatic

#18433B #287062 #389D8A #51C1AC #7ED1C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#389D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#389D8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #389D8A

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##389D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##389D8A	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979489

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88898C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #389d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 157, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.097 178.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bbaac',
    500: '#389d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #389d8a;
$custom-light: #7bbaac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#389d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.713,
    "s": 47.418,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63241,
    "c": 0.09716,
    "h": 178.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#389D8A

secondary

#BA7683

accent

#516AD7

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #389D8A

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

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