#389E8E#389E8E

#389E8E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.096 H 180.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#389E8E
RGB	rgb(56, 158, 142)
HSL	hsl(171, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(171, 65%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 0%, 10.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.20, -33.14, -0.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.20, 33.14, 180.48°)
OKLab	oklab(63.62% -0.0963 -0.0013)
OKLCH	oklch(63.62% 0.096 180.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.7379, 27.2454, 29.8573)
Luminance	0.2725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#389E8E #9E3848

analogous

#389E5B #389E8E #387B9E

triadic

#389E8E #8E389E #9E8E38

tetradic

#389E8E #5B389E #9E3848 #7B9E38

square

#389E8E #5B389E #9E3848 #7B9E38

split-complementary

#389E8E #9E387B #9E5B38

monochromatic

#18443D #287165 #389E8E #52C2B0 #7FD2C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#389E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#389E8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #389E8E

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##389E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##389E8E	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97958D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888A8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #389e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 158, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.096 180.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bbbaf',
    500: '#389e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #389e8e;
$custom-light: #7bbbaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#389e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.588,
    "s": 47.664,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63622,
    "c": 0.09632,
    "h": 180.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#389E8E

secondary

#BB7782

accent

#5166D7

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #389E8E

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

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