#389E9B#389E9B

#389E9B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.092 H 192.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#389E9B
RGB	rgb(56, 158, 155)
HSL	hsl(178, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(178, 65%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 0%, 1.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.58, -29.51, -7.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.58, 30.35, 193.50°)
OKLab	oklab(64.05% -0.0903 -0.0197)
OKLCH	oklch(64.05% 0.092 192.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.7715, 27.6589, 35.3007)
Luminance	0.2766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#389E9B #9E383B

analogous

#389E68 #389E9B #386E9E

triadic

#389E9B #9B389E #9E9B38

tetradic

#389E9B #68389E #9E383B #6E9E38

square

#389E9B #68389E #9E383B #6E9E38

split-complementary

#389E9B #9E386E #9E6838

monochromatic

#184442 #28716F #389E9B #52C2BE #7FD2CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#389E9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#389E9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #389E9B

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##389E9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##389E9B	1.00	3.21	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.21	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)

#95969B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858B9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #389e9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 158, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.092 192.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cbbb8',
    500: '#389e9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #389e9b;
$custom-light: #7cbbb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#389e9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.235,
    "s": 47.664,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64055,
    "c": 0.09242,
    "h": 192.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#389E9B

secondary

#BB7779

accent

#5154D7

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #389E9B

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

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