#389E8F#389E8F

#389E8F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.096 H 181.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#389E8F
RGB	rgb(56, 158, 143)
HSL	hsl(171, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(171, 65%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 0%, 9.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.23, -32.87, -0.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.23, 32.88, 181.40°)
OKLab	oklab(63.65% -0.0958 -0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(63.65% 0.096 181.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.8134, 27.2756, 30.2545)
Luminance	0.2728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#389E8F #9E3847

analogous

#389E5C #389E8F #387A9E

triadic

#389E8F #8F389E #9E8F38

tetradic

#389E8F #5C389E #9E3847 #7A9E38

square

#389E8F #5C389E #9E3847 #7A9E38

split-complementary

#389E8F #9E387A #9E5C38

monochromatic

#18443D #287166 #389E8F #52C2B1 #7FD2C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#389E8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#389E8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #389E8F

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##389E8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##389E8F	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97958E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888A90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #389e8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 158, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.096 181.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bbbaf',
    500: '#389e8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #389e8f;
$custom-light: #7bbbaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#389e8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.176,
    "s": 47.664,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63654,
    "c": 0.09588,
    "h": 181.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#389E8F

secondary

#BB7781

accent

#5164D7

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #389E8F

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

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