#389DCB#389DCB

#389DCB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.114 H 232.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#389DCB
RGB	rgb(56, 157, 203)
HSL	hsl(199, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(199, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 22.7%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.01, -13.91, -31.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.01, 34.85, 246.48°)
OKLab	oklab(65.78% -0.0698 -0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(65.78% 0.114 232.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.4630, 29.2637, 60.8475)
Luminance	0.2927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#389DCB #CB6638

analogous

#38CBB0 #389DCB #3853CB

triadic

#389DCB #CB389D #9DCB38

tetradic

#389DCB #B038CB #CB6638 #53CB38

square

#389DCB #B038CB #CB6638 #53CB38

split-complementary

#389DCB #CB3853 #CBB038

monochromatic

#1C536C #29799D #389DCB #69B5D8 #99CDE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#389DCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#389DCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #389DCB

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##389DCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##389DCB	1.00	3.06	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#869BCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#728DCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #389dcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 157, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.114 232.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82badb',
    500: '#389dcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #389dcb;
$custom-light: #82badb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#389dcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.776,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65783,
    "c": 0.11375,
    "h": 232.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#389DCB

secondary

#D0A38F

accent

#7746E2

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1115

muted

#7D8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #389DCB

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

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