#398B73#398B73

#398B73 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.089 H 171.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#398B73
RGB	rgb(57, 139, 115)
HSL	hsl(162, 42%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(162, 59%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 0%, 17.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.48, -31.02, 5.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.48, 31.49, 170.07°)
OKLab	oklab(57.92% -0.0874 0.0139)
OKLCH	oklch(57.92% 0.089 171)
XYZ	xyz(14.0130, 20.5715, 19.4486)
Luminance	0.2057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#398B73 #8B3951

analogous

#398B4A #398B73 #397A8B

triadic

#398B73 #73398B #8B7339

tetradic

#398B73 #4A398B #8B3951 #7A8B39

square

#398B73 #4A398B #8B3951 #7A8B39

split-complementary

#398B73 #8B397A #8B4A39

monochromatic

#15342B #27604F #398B73 #4CB597 #77C7B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#398B73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#398B73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #398B73

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##398B73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##398B73	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878272

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7A75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#038C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #398b73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 139, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.089 171.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78ad9b',
    500: '#398b73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #398b73;
$custom-light: #78ad9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#398b73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.439,
    "s": 41.837,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5792,
    "c": 0.08851,
    "h": 171
  },
  "luminance": 0.20573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#398B73

secondary

#B06F82

accent

#567AD2

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EEF4F2

border

#C9CECC

text

#09100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #398B73

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

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