#39B9A8#39B9A8

#39B9A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.112 H 182.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#39B9A8
RGB	rgb(57, 185, 168)
HSL	hsl(172, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(172, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 0%, 9.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.31, -38.40, -1.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.31, 38.43, 182.17°)
OKLab	oklab(71.28% -0.1122 -0.0046)
OKLCH	oklch(71.28% 0.112 182.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.1008, 38.3919, 43.0730)
Luminance	0.3840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#39B9A8 #B9394A

analogous

#39B968 #39B9A8 #398AB9

triadic

#39B9A8 #A839B9 #B9A839

tetradic

#39B9A8 #6839B9 #B9394A #8AB939

square

#39B9A8 #6839B9 #B9394A #8AB939

split-complementary

#39B9A8 #B9398A #B96839

monochromatic

#1C5B53 #2B8A7E #39B9A8 #61CEC0 #90DDD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#39B9A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#39B9A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #39B9A8

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##39B9A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##39B9A8	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AEA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA1AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #39b9a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 185, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.112 182.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cec1',
    500: '#39b9a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #39b9a8;
$custom-light: #81cec1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#39b9a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.031,
    "s": 52.893,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7128,
    "c": 0.11227,
    "h": 182.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#39B9A8

secondary

#C8868F

accent

#4B5FDC

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #39B9A8

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

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