#389F9E#389F9E

#389F9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.093 H 194.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#389F9E
RGB	rgb(56, 159, 158)
HSL	hsl(179, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(179, 65%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 0%, 0.6%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.98, -29.14, -8.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.98, 30.26, 195.69°)
OKLab	oklab(64.41% -0.09 -0.0227)
OKLCH	oklch(64.41% 0.093 194.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.1978, 28.1034, 36.7012)
Luminance	0.2811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#389F9E #9F3839

analogous

#389F6A #389F9E #386D9F

triadic

#389F9E #9E389F #9F9E38

tetradic

#389F9E #6A389F #9F3839 #6D9F38

square

#389F9E #6A389F #9F3839 #6D9F38

split-complementary

#389F9E #9F386D #9F6A38

monochromatic

#184444 #287271 #389F9E #52C2C1 #7FD2D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#389F9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#389F9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #389F9E

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##389F9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##389F9E	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95979E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858C9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #389f9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 159, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.093 194.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cbcba',
    500: '#389f9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #389f9e;
$custom-light: #7cbcba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#389f9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.417,
    "s": 47.907,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64412,
    "c": 0.09284,
    "h": 194.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#389F9E

secondary

#BB7778

accent

#5052D7

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #389F9E

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

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