#398B87#398B87

#398B87 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.079 H 190.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#398B87
RGB	rgb(57, 139, 135)
HSL	hsl(177, 42%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(177, 59%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 0%, 2.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.04, -25.65, -5.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.04, 26.20, 191.74°)
OKLab	oklab(58.56% -0.0779 -0.0148)
OKLCH	oklch(58.56% 0.079 190.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.2912, 21.0828, 26.1805)
Luminance	0.2108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#398B87 #8B393D

analogous

#398B5E #398B87 #39668B

triadic

#398B87 #87398B #8B8739

tetradic

#398B87 #5E398B #8B393D #668B39

square

#398B87 #5E398B #8B393D #668B39

split-complementary

#398B87 #8B3966 #8B5E39

monochromatic

#153433 #27605D #398B87 #4CB5B0 #77C7C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#398B87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#398B87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #398B87

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##398B87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##398B87	1.00	4.03	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838487

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767B88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #398b87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 139, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.079 190.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79ada9',
    500: '#398b87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #398b87;
$custom-light: #79ada9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#398b87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.073,
    "s": 41.837,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58563,
    "c": 0.07926,
    "h": 190.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#398B87

secondary

#B06F73

accent

#565CD2

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #398B87

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

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