#398B79#398B79

#398B79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.085 H 176.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#398B79
RGB	rgb(57, 139, 121)
HSL	hsl(167, 42%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(167, 59%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 0%, 12.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.64, -29.48, 2.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.64, 29.56, 175.76°)
OKLab	oklab(58.1% -0.0845 0.0053)
OKLCH	oklch(58.1% 0.085 176.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.3696, 20.7142, 21.3264)
Luminance	0.2072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#398B79 #8B394B

analogous

#398B50 #398B79 #39748B

triadic

#398B79 #79398B #8B7939

tetradic

#398B79 #50398B #8B394B #748B39

square

#398B79 #50398B #8B394B #748B39

split-complementary

#398B79 #8B3974 #8B5039

monochromatic

#15342D #276053 #398B79 #4CB59E #77C7B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#398B79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#398B79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #398B79

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##398B79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##398B79	1.00	4.08	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868378

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7A7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #398b79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 139, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.085 176.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78ad9f',
    500: '#398b79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #398b79;
$custom-light: #78ad9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#398b79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.829,
    "s": 41.837,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58101,
    "c": 0.08467,
    "h": 176.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#398B79

secondary

#B06F7E

accent

#5671D2

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EEF4F2

border

#C9CECC

text

#09100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #398B79

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

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