#389E8B#389E8B

#389E8B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.098 H 178.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#389E8B
RGB	rgb(56, 158, 139)
HSL	hsl(169, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(169, 65%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 0%, 12%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.12, -33.94, 1.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.12, 33.97, 177.81°)
OKLab	oklab(63.53% -0.0977 0.0029)
OKLCH	oklch(63.53% 0.098 178.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.5157, 27.1566, 28.6870)
Luminance	0.2716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#389E8B #9E384B

analogous

#389E58 #389E8B #387E9E

triadic

#389E8B #8B389E #9E8B38

tetradic

#389E8B #58389E #9E384B #7E9E38

square

#389E8B #58389E #9E384B #7E9E38

split-complementary

#389E8B #9E387E #9E5838

monochromatic

#18443B #287163 #389E8B #52C2AD #7FD2C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#389E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#389E8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #389E8B

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##389E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##389E8B	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)

#98958A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898A8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #389e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 158, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.098 178.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bbbac',
    500: '#389e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #389e8b;
$custom-light: #7bbbac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#389e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.824,
    "s": 47.664,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63528,
    "c": 0.09777,
    "h": 178.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#389E8B

secondary

#BB7784

accent

#516AD7

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #389E8B

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

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