#399E8B#399E8B

#399E8B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.097 H 178.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#399E8B
RGB	rgb(57, 158, 139)
HSL	hsl(169, 47%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(169, 64%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 0%, 12%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.15, -33.76, 1.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.15, 33.79, 177.72°)
OKLab	oklab(63.56% -0.0972 0.003)
OKLCH	oklch(63.56% 0.097 178.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.5722, 27.1857, 28.6897)
Luminance	0.2719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#399E8B #9E394C

analogous

#399E59 #399E8B #397F9E

triadic

#399E8B #8B399E #9E8B39

tetradic

#399E8B #59399E #9E394C #7F9E39

square

#399E8B #59399E #9E394C #7F9E39

split-complementary

#399E8B #9E397F #9E5939

monochromatic

#19443C #297163 #399E8B #53C1AC #80D1C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#399E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#399E8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #399E8B

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##399E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##399E8B	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98958A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898A8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #399e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 158, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.097 178.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bbbac',
    500: '#399e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #399e8b;
$custom-light: #7bbbac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#399e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.713,
    "s": 46.977,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63558,
    "c": 0.09726,
    "h": 178.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#399E8B

secondary

#BB7885

accent

#516AD7

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #399E8B

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

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