#398B9C#398B9C

#398B9C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.082 H 213.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#398B9C
RGB	rgb(57, 139, 156)
HSL	hsl(190, 46%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(190, 63%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 10.9%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.74, -19.36, -16.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.74, 25.39, 220.32°)
OKLab	oklab(59.36% -0.0686 -0.0456)
OKLCH	oklch(59.36% 0.082 213.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.9182, 21.7336, 34.7494)
Luminance	0.2173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#398B9C #9C4A39

analogous

#399C7C #398B9C #395A9C

triadic

#398B9C #9C398B #8B9C39

tetradic

#398B9C #7C399C #9C4A39 #5A9C39

square

#398B9C #7C399C #9C4A39 #5A9C39

split-complementary

#398B9C #9C395A #9C7C39

monochromatic

#183B42 #29636F #398B9C #52ADC0 #7FC2D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#398B9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#398B9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #398B9C

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##398B9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##398B9C	1.00	3.93	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E879D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707C9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009290

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #398b9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 139, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.082 213.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7badb9',
    500: '#398b9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #398b9c;
$custom-light: #7badb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#398b9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.303,
    "s": 46.479,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59364,
    "c": 0.08238,
    "h": 213.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#398B9C

secondary

#BA8277

accent

#6852D6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #398B9C

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

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