#398496#398496

#398496 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.078 H 216.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#398496
RGB	rgb(57, 132, 150)
HSL	hsl(192, 45%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(192, 62%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 12%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.35, -17.48, -16.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.35, 24.10, 223.51°)
OKLab	oklab(57.37% -0.0633 -0.0461)
OKLCH	oklch(57.37% 0.078 216.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.4414, 19.5728, 31.8124)
Luminance	0.1957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#398496 #964B39

analogous

#399679 #398496 #395596

triadic

#398496 #963984 #849639

tetradic

#398496 #793996 #964B39 #559639

square

#398496 #793996 #964B39 #559639

split-complementary

#398496 #963955 #967939

monochromatic

#17363D #285D6A #398496 #50A7BC #7CBECD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#398496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#398496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #398496

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##398496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##398496	1.00	4.27	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788097

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7696

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #398496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 132, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.078 216.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79a8b4',
    500: '#398496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #398496;
$custom-light: #79a8b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#398496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.613,
    "s": 44.928,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5737,
    "c": 0.07828,
    "h": 216.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#398496

secondary

#B78174

accent

#6C53D5

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #398496

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

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