#389271 is a mid-toned, cool teal. On the Color Lab it reads organic and grounded, with a faded, vintage edge. It carries a legible label as a UI accent and reproduces cleanly in print.
Not just a swatch — here's how #389271 works with other colors. Named schemes with #389271 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Sea Green opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Sea Green plays the worn-leather lead, deepened by saddle brown and an oxblood anchor, softened by aged cream and cooled by a muted forest green.
Sea Green anchors this café scheme as the warm mid-tone, lifted by latte cream and a muted sage accent and grounded by espresso brown and a warm charcoal.
Sea Green sits between cream and a deep berry here, softened by a blush accent and grounded by charcoal.
Sea Green is the single accent in this high-contrast editorial system — set on near-white paper against near-black ink, with a warm grey and a desaturated tint of Sea Green carrying the quiet middle.
How #389271 actually behaves in design work — read from its OKLCH lightness, chroma and hue, not just its raw numbers. Ten signals to help you decide where this color earns its place.
Not a swatch to memorise — a color to build with. Here is #389271 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #389271;
--color-base-rgb: 56 146 113;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(59.7% 0.100 165.7);
--color-50: #F4FBF8;
--color-100: #E1F4ED;
--color-200: #C4E8DB;
--color-300: #9BD5BF;
--color-400: #74BEA3;
--color-500: #53A285;
--color-600: #457D68;
--color-700: #355A4C;
--color-800: #263B33;
--color-900: #192520;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
sea-green: {
50: '#F4FBF8',
100: '#E1F4ED',
200: '#C4E8DB',
300: '#9BD5BF',
400: '#74BEA3',
500: '#53A285',
600: '#457D68',
700: '#355A4C',
800: '#263B33',
900: '#192520',
},
}
$base: #389271; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F4FBF8; $base-100: #E1F4ED; $base-200: #C4E8DB; $base-300: #9BD5BF; $base-400: #74BEA3; $base-500: #53A285; $base-600: #457D68; $base-700: #355A4C; $base-800: #263B33; $base-900: #192520; $base-hover: #2D765B; $base-subtle: #C1E1D5;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#389271",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F4FBF8",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#E1F4ED",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#C4E8DB",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#9BD5BF",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#74BEA3",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#53A285",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#457D68",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#355A4C",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#263B33",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#192520",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}