#398B97#398B97

#398B97 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.080 H 208.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#398B97
RGB	rgb(57, 139, 151)
HSL	hsl(188, 45%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(188, 62%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 7.9%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.57, -20.91, -13.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.57, 25.06, 213.45°)
OKLab	oklab(59.16% -0.0707 -0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(59.16% 0.08 208.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.5036, 21.5678, 32.5654)
Luminance	0.2157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#398B97 #974539

analogous

#399774 #398B97 #395C97

triadic

#398B97 #97398B #8B9739

tetradic

#398B97 #743997 #974539 #5C9739

square

#398B97 #743997 #974539 #5C9739

split-complementary

#398B97 #97395C #977439

monochromatic

#17393E #28626B #398B97 #50AFBD #7DC3CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#398B97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#398B97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #398B97

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##398B97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##398B97	1.00	3.95	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808698

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717B97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #398b97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 139, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.080 208.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aadb5',
    500: '#398b97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #398b97;
$custom-light: #7aadb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#398b97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.66,
    "s": 45.192,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59162,
    "c": 0.08041,
    "h": 208.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#398B97

secondary

#B77D75

accent

#6453D5

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #398B97

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

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