#389E9A#389E9A

#389E9A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.093 H 191.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#389E9A
RGB	rgb(56, 158, 154)
HSL	hsl(178, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(178, 65%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 0%, 2.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.55, -29.80, -6.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.55, 30.52, 192.42°)
OKLab	oklab(64.02% -0.0907 -0.0183)
OKLCH	oklch(64.02% 0.093 191.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.6879, 27.6254, 34.8602)
Luminance	0.2763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#389E9A #9E383C

analogous

#389E67 #389E9A #386F9E

triadic

#389E9A #9A389E #9E9A38

tetradic

#389E9A #67389E #9E383C #6F9E38

square

#389E9A #67389E #9E383C #6F9E38

split-complementary

#389E9A #9E386F #9E6738

monochromatic

#184442 #28716E #389E9A #52C2BD #7FD2CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#389E9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#389E9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #389E9A

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##389E9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##389E9A	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95969A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858B9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #389e9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 158, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.093 191.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cbbb7',
    500: '#389e9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #389e9a;
$custom-light: #7cbbb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#389e9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.647,
    "s": 47.664,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6402,
    "c": 0.09257,
    "h": 191.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#389E9A

secondary

#BB777A

accent

#5156D7

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #389E9A

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

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