#398BAC#398BAC

#398BAC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.093 H 228.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#398BAC
RGB	rgb(57, 139, 172)
HSL	hsl(197, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(197, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.9%, 19.2%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.36, -14.21, -24.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.36, 28.49, 240.09°)
OKLab	oklab(60.06% -0.0622 -0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(60.06% 0.093 228)
XYZ	xyz(18.3634, 22.3117, 42.3605)
Luminance	0.2231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#398BAC #AC5A39

analogous

#39AC93 #398BAC #3952AC

triadic

#398BAC #AC398B #8BAC39

tetradic

#398BAC #9339AC #AC5A39 #52AC39

square

#398BAC #9339AC #AC5A39 #52AC39

split-complementary

#398BAC #AC3952 #AC9339

monochromatic

#1B4150 #2A667E #398BAC #5AA9C8 #88C1D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#398BAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#398BAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #398BAC

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##398BAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##398BAC	1.00	3.84	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A89AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7DAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #398bac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 139, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.093 228.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dadc4',
    500: '#398bac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #398bac;
$custom-light: #7dadc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#398bac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.217,
    "s": 50.218,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60057,
    "c": 0.09298,
    "h": 228
  },
  "luminance": 0.22314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#398BAC

secondary

#C2927F

accent

#764EDA

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #398BAC

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

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