#398B99#398B99

#398B99 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.081 H 210.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#398B99
RGB	rgb(57, 139, 153)
HSL	hsl(189, 46%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(189, 63%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 9.2%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.64, -20.29, -14.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.64, 25.15, 216.22°)
OKLab	oklab(59.24% -0.0699 -0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(59.24% 0.081 210.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.6674, 21.6333, 33.4281)
Luminance	0.2163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#398B99 #994739

analogous

#399977 #398B99 #395B99

triadic

#398B99 #99398B #8B9939

tetradic

#398B99 #773999 #994739 #5B9939

square

#398B99 #773999 #994739 #5B9939

split-complementary

#398B99 #99395B #997739

monochromatic

#183A40 #28626C #398B99 #51AEBE #7EC3CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#398B99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#398B99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #398B99

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##398B99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##398B99	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F869A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717C99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #398b99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 139, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.081 210.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aadb7',
    500: '#398b99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #398b99;
$custom-light: #7aadb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#398b99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.75,
    "s": 45.714,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59242,
    "c": 0.08111,
    "h": 210.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#398B99

secondary

#B87F76

accent

#6652D5

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #398B99

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

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