#389DAD#389DAD

#389DAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.094 H 209.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#389DAD
RGB	rgb(56, 157, 173)
HSL	hsl(188, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(188, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 9.2%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.86, -23.63, -16.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.86, 29.02, 215.50°)
OKLab	oklab(64.48% -0.0814 -0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(64.48% 0.094 209.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.2275, 27.9695, 43.8070)
Luminance	0.2797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#389DAD #AD4838

analogous

#38AD82 #389DAD #3863AD

triadic

#389DAD #AD389D #9DAD38

tetradic

#389DAD #8238AD #AD4838 #63AD38

square

#389DAD #8238AD #AD4838 #63AD38

split-complementary

#389DAD #AD3863 #AD8238

monochromatic

#1A4951 #29737F #389DAD #59BAC9 #87CDD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#389DAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#389DAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #389DAD

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##389DAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##389DAD	1.00	3.18	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F97AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8BAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #389dad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 157, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.094 209.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ebac5',
    500: '#389dad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #389dad;
$custom-light: #7ebac5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#389dad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.205,
    "s": 51.092,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64478,
    "c": 0.09388,
    "h": 209.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#389DAD

secondary

#C2887F

accent

#614DDB

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #389DAD

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

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