#39B8CB#39B8CB

#39B8CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.110 H 209.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#39B8CB
RGB	rgb(57, 184, 203)
HSL	hsl(188, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(188, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 9.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.08, -27.81, -19.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.08, 34.00, 215.12°)
OKLab	oklab(72.26% -0.0959 -0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(72.26% 0.11 209.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.6027, 39.4591, 62.5445)
Luminance	0.3946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#39B8CB #CB4C39

analogous

#39CB95 #39B8CB #396FCB

triadic

#39B8CB #CB39B8 #B8CB39

tetradic

#39B8CB #9539CB #CB4C39 #6FCB39

square

#39B8CB #9539CB #CB4C39 #6FCB39

split-complementary

#39B8CB #CB396F #CB9539

monochromatic

#1D636D #298E9D #39B8CB #69C9D8 #9ADBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#39B8CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#39B8CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #39B8CB

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##39B8CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##39B8CB	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B1CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A2CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #39b8cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 184, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.110 209.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cdda',
    500: '#39b8cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #39b8cb;
$custom-light: #84cdda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#39b8cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.808,
    "s": 58.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72264,
    "c": 0.11028,
    "h": 209.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#39B8CB

secondary

#D09890

accent

#5A46E2

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #39B8CB

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

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