#389CC9#389CC9

#389CC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.112 H 231.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#389CC9
RGB	rgb(56, 156, 201)
HSL	hsl(199, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(199, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 22.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.63, -14.03, -31.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.63, 34.42, 245.94°)
OKLab	oklab(65.45% -0.0695 -0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(65.45% 0.112 231.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.0577, 28.8320, 59.5442)
Luminance	0.2883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#389CC9 #C96538

analogous

#38C9AE #389CC9 #3853C9

triadic

#389CC9 #C9389C #9CC938

tetradic

#389CC9 #AE38C9 #C96538 #53C938

square

#389CC9 #AE38C9 #C96538 #53C938

split-complementary

#389CC9 #C93853 #C9AE38

monochromatic

#1D526A #2A779A #389CC9 #68B4D6 #98CCE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#389CC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#389CC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #389CC9

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##389CC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##389CC9	1.00	3.10	6.77	6.77
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#859ACB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#728CC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #389cc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 156, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.112 231.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81b9d9',
    500: '#389cc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #389cc9;
$custom-light: #81b9d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#389cc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.621,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65452,
    "c": 0.11239,
    "h": 231.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#389CC9

secondary

#CFA28E

accent

#7747E1

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #389CC9

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

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