#389E8A#389E8A

#389E8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.098 H 177.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#389E8A
RGB	rgb(56, 158, 138)
HSL	hsl(168, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(168, 65%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 0%, 12.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.09, -34.20, 1.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.09, 34.25, 176.94°)
OKLab	oklab(63.5% -0.0982 0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(63.5% 0.098 177.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.4430, 27.1275, 28.3040)
Luminance	0.2713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#389E8A #9E384C

analogous

#389E57 #389E8A #387F9E

triadic

#389E8A #8A389E #9E8A38

tetradic

#389E8A #57389E #9E384C #7F9E38

square

#389E8A #57389E #9E384C #7F9E38

split-complementary

#389E8A #9E387F #9E5738

monochromatic

#18443B #287163 #389E8A #52C2AC #7FD2C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#389E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#389E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #389E8A

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##389E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##389E8A	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989589

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898A8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #389e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 158, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.098 177.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bbbac',
    500: '#389e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #389e8a;
$custom-light: #7bbbac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#389e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.235,
    "s": 47.664,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63497,
    "c": 0.09829,
    "h": 177.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#389E8A

secondary

#BB7784

accent

#516BD7

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #389E8A

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

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