#398B84#398B84

#398B84 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.080 H 187.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#398B84
RGB	rgb(57, 139, 132)
HSL	hsl(175, 42%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(175, 59%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 0%, 5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.95, -26.49, -3.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.95, 26.76, 188.01°)
OKLab	oklab(58.46% -0.0793 -0.0105)
OKLCH	oklch(58.46% 0.08 187.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.0830, 20.9995, 25.0838)
Luminance	0.2100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#398B84 #8B3940

analogous

#398B5B #398B84 #39698B

triadic

#398B84 #84398B #8B8439

tetradic

#398B84 #5B398B #8B3940 #698B39

square

#398B84 #5B398B #8B3940 #698B39

split-complementary

#398B84 #8B3969 #8B5B39

monochromatic

#153432 #27605B #398B84 #4CB5AC #77C7C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#398B84 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#398B84 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #398B84

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##398B84	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##398B84	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848484

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777A85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #398b84;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 139, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.080 187.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78ada7',
    500: '#398b84',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #398b84;
$custom-light: #78ada7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#398b84",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.878,
    "s": 41.837,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5846,
    "c": 0.07995,
    "h": 187.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#398B84

secondary

#B06F75

accent

#5661D2

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A100F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #398B84

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

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