#398B8A#398B8A

#398B8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.079 H 194.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#398B8A
RGB	rgb(57, 139, 138)
HSL	hsl(179, 42%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(179, 59%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 0%, 0.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.13, -24.79, -6.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.13, 25.74, 195.62°)
OKLab	oklab(58.67% -0.0765 -0.0192)
OKLCH	oklch(58.67% 0.079 194.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.5054, 21.1685, 27.3086)
Luminance	0.2117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#398B8A #8B393A

analogous

#398B61 #398B8A #39638B

triadic

#398B8A #8A398B #8B8A39

tetradic

#398B8A #61398B #8B393A #638B39

square

#398B8A #61398B #8B393A #638B39

split-complementary

#398B8A #8B3963 #8B6139

monochromatic

#153434 #27605F #398B8A #4CB5B4 #77C7C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#398B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#398B8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #398B8A

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##398B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##398B8A	1.00	4.01	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83858A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757B8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #398b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 139, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.079 194.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79adac',
    500: '#398b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #398b8a;
$custom-light: #79adac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#398b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.268,
    "s": 41.837,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5867,
    "c": 0.07887,
    "h": 194.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#398B8A

secondary

#B06F70

accent

#5658D2

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #398B8A

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

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