#398AAE#398AAE

#398AAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.095 H 230.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#398AAE
RGB	rgb(57, 138, 174)
HSL	hsl(198, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(198, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 20.7%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.13, -12.99, -26.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.13, 29.24, 243.62°)
OKLab	oklab(59.91% -0.0604 -0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(59.91% 0.095 230.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.4128, 22.1008, 43.3317)
Luminance	0.2210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#398AAE #AE5D39

analogous

#39AE98 #398AAE #394FAE

triadic

#398AAE #AE398A #8AAE39

tetradic

#398AAE #9839AE #AE5D39 #4FAE39

square

#398AAE #9839AE #AE5D39 #4FAE39

split-complementary

#398AAE #AE394F #AE9839

monochromatic

#1B4152 #2A6580 #398AAE #5BA7C9 #89C0D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#398AAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#398AAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #398AAE

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##398AAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##398AAE	1.00	3.87	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7888B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687CAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #398aae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 138, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.095 230.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dacc6',
    500: '#398aae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #398aae;
$custom-light: #7dacc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#398aae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.462,
    "s": 50.649,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59907,
    "c": 0.09504,
    "h": 230.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#398AAE

secondary

#C39580

accent

#794EDA

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #398AAE

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

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