#398BAD#398BAD

#398BAD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.094 H 228.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#398BAD
RGB	rgb(57, 139, 173)
HSL	hsl(198, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(198, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 19.7%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.40, -13.88, -25.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.40, 28.78, 241.17°)
OKLab	oklab(60.1% -0.0618 -0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(60.1% 0.094 228.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.4598, 22.3502, 42.8682)
Luminance	0.2235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#398BAD #AD5B39

analogous

#39AD95 #398BAD #3951AD

triadic

#398BAD #AD398B #8BAD39

tetradic

#398BAD #9539AD #AD5B39 #51AD39

square

#398BAD #9539AD #AD5B39 #51AD39

split-complementary

#398BAD #AD3951 #AD9539

monochromatic

#1B4151 #2A667F #398BAD #5AA8C9 #88C1D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#398BAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#398BAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #398BAD

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##398BAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##398BAD	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7989AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697DAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #398bad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 139, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.094 228.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dadc5',
    500: '#398bad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #398bad;
$custom-light: #7dadc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#398bad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.586,
    "s": 50.435,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60103,
    "c": 0.09382,
    "h": 228.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#398BAD

secondary

#C29380

accent

#774EDA

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #398BAD

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

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