#389E9F#389E9F

#389E9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.092 H 196.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#389E9F
RGB	rgb(56, 158, 159)
HSL	hsl(181, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(181, 65%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 0.6%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.70, -28.35, -9.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.70, 29.80, 197.92°)
OKLab	oklab(64.2% -0.0885 -0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(64.2% 0.092 196)
XYZ	xyz(20.1130, 27.7955, 37.0992)
Luminance	0.2780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#389E9F #9F3938

analogous

#389F6D #389E9F #386A9F

triadic

#389E9F #9F389E #9E9F38

tetradic

#389E9F #6D389F #9F3938 #6A9F38

square

#389E9F #6D389F #9F3938 #6A9F38

split-complementary

#389E9F #9F386A #9F6D38

monochromatic

#184444 #287172 #389E9F #52C1C2 #7FD1D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#389E9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#389E9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #389E9F

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##389E9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##389E9F	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94979F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848BA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #389e9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 158, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.092 196.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cbbbb',
    500: '#389e9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #389e9f;
$custom-light: #7cbbbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#389e9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.583,
    "s": 47.907,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64196,
    "c": 0.09208,
    "h": 196
  },
  "luminance": 0.27798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#389E9F

secondary

#BB7877

accent

#5250D7

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #389E9F

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

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