#389E99#389E99

#389E99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.093 H 190.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#389E99
RGB	rgb(56, 158, 153)
HSL	hsl(177, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(177, 65%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 0%, 3.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.52, -30.09, -6.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.52, 30.69, 191.36°)
OKLab	oklab(63.99% -0.0912 -0.0169)
OKLCH	oklch(63.99% 0.093 190.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.6049, 27.5922, 34.4234)
Luminance	0.2759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#389E99 #9E383D

analogous

#389E66 #389E99 #38709E

triadic

#389E99 #99389E #9E9938

tetradic

#389E99 #66389E #9E383D #709E38

square

#389E99 #66389E #9E383D #709E38

split-complementary

#389E99 #9E3870 #9E6638

monochromatic

#184441 #28716D #389E99 #52C2BC #7FD2CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#389E99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#389E99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #389E99

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##389E99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##389E99	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959699

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858A9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #389e99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 158, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.093 190.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cbbb7',
    500: '#389e99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #389e99;
$custom-light: #7cbbb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#389e99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.059,
    "s": 47.664,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63985,
    "c": 0.09275,
    "h": 190.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#389E99

secondary

#BB777A

accent

#5157D7

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #389E99

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

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