#398B85#398B85

#398B85 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.080 H 188.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#398B85
RGB	rgb(57, 139, 133)
HSL	hsl(176, 42%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(176, 59%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 0%, 4.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.98, -26.21, -4.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.98, 26.56, 189.24°)
OKLab	oklab(58.49% -0.0788 -0.0119)
OKLCH	oklch(58.49% 0.08 188.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.1517, 21.0270, 25.4459)
Luminance	0.2103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#398B85 #8B393F

analogous

#398B5C #398B85 #39688B

triadic

#398B85 #85398B #8B8539

tetradic

#398B85 #5C398B #8B393F #688B39

square

#398B85 #5C398B #8B393F #688B39

split-complementary

#398B85 #8B3968 #8B5C39

monochromatic

#153432 #27605B #398B85 #4CB5AE #77C7C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#398B85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#398B85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #398B85

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##398B85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##398B85	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848485

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777A86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #398b85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 139, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.080 188.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79ada8',
    500: '#398b85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #398b85;
$custom-light: #79ada8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#398b85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.61,
    "s": 41.837,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58494,
    "c": 0.07969,
    "h": 188.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#398B85

secondary

#B06F74

accent

#565FD2

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A100F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #398B85

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

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