#389C99#389C99

#389C99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.091 H 192.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#389C99
RGB	rgb(56, 156, 153)
HSL	hsl(178, 47%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(178, 64%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 0%, 1.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.90, -29.11, -6.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.90, 29.94, 193.46°)
OKLab	oklab(63.48% -0.089 -0.0194)
OKLCH	oklch(63.48% 0.091 192.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.2666, 26.9155, 34.3106)
Luminance	0.2692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#389C99 #9C383B

analogous

#389C67 #389C99 #386D9C

triadic

#389C99 #99389C #9C9938

tetradic

#389C99 #67389C #9C383B #6D9C38

square

#389C99 #67389C #9C383B #6D9C38

split-complementary

#389C99 #9C386D #9C6738

monochromatic

#184241 #286F6D #389C99 #51C0BD #7ED1CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#389C99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#389C99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #389C99

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##389C99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##389C99	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939499

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83899A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #389c99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 156, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.091 192.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cb9b7',
    500: '#389c99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #389c99;
$custom-light: #7cb9b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#389c99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.2,
    "s": 47.17,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63481,
    "c": 0.09114,
    "h": 192.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#389C99

secondary

#BA7678

accent

#5155D7

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #389C99

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

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