#389E9C#389E9C

#389E9C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.092 H 193.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#389E9C
RGB	rgb(56, 158, 156)
HSL	hsl(179, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(179, 65%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 0%, 1.3%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.61, -29.23, -7.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.61, 30.20, 194.59°)
OKLab	oklab(64.09% -0.0898 -0.0211)
OKLCH	oklch(64.09% 0.092 193.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.8558, 27.6926, 35.7448)
Luminance	0.2769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#389E9C #9E383A

analogous

#389E69 #389E9C #386D9E

triadic

#389E9C #9C389E #9E9C38

tetradic

#389E9C #69389E #9E383A #6D9E38

square

#389E9C #69389E #9E383A #6D9E38

split-complementary

#389E9C #9E386D #9E6938

monochromatic

#184443 #28716F #389E9C #52C2BF #7FD2D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#389E9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#389E9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #389E9C

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##389E9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##389E9C	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94969C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858B9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #389e9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 158, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.092 193.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cbbb9',
    500: '#389e9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #389e9c;
$custom-light: #7cbbb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#389e9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.824,
    "s": 47.664,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6409,
    "c": 0.0923,
    "h": 193.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#389E9C

secondary

#BB7778

accent

#5153D7

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #389E9C

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

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