#389BC9#389BC9

#389BC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.113 H 232.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#389BC9
RGB	rgb(56, 155, 201)
HSL	hsl(199, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(199, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 22.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.34, -13.49, -31.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.34, 34.62, 247.08°)
OKLab	oklab(65.22% -0.0685 -0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(65.22% 0.113 232.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.8906, 28.4978, 59.4885)
Luminance	0.2850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#389BC9 #C96638

analogous

#38C9AE #389BC9 #3853C9

triadic

#389BC9 #C9389B #9BC938

tetradic

#389BC9 #AE38C9 #C96638 #53C938

square

#389BC9 #AE38C9 #C96638 #53C938

split-complementary

#389BC9 #C93853 #C9AE38

monochromatic

#1D516A #2A769A #389BC9 #68B3D6 #98CBE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#389BC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#389BC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #389BC9

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##389BC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##389BC9	1.00	3.13	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8499CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#708BC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #389bc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 155, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.113 232.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b8d9',
    500: '#389bc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #389bc9;
$custom-light: #81b8d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#389bc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.034,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65215,
    "c": 0.11284,
    "h": 232.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#389BC9

secondary

#CFA38E

accent

#7847E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #389BC9

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

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