#398BAE#398BAE

#398BAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.095 H 229.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#398BAE
RGB	rgb(57, 139, 174)
HSL	hsl(198, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(198, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 20.1%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.44, -13.55, -25.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.44, 29.07, 242.23°)
OKLab	oklab(60.15% -0.0615 -0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(60.15% 0.095 229.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.5569, 22.3891, 43.3797)
Luminance	0.2239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#398BAE #AE5C39

analogous

#39AE96 #398BAE #3950AE

triadic

#398BAE #AE398B #8BAE39

tetradic

#398BAE #9639AE #AE5C39 #50AE39

square

#398BAE #9639AE #AE5C39 #50AE39

split-complementary

#398BAE #AE3950 #AE9639

monochromatic

#1B4152 #2A6680 #398BAE #5BA8C9 #89C1D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#398BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#398BAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #398BAE

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##398BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##398BAE	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7989B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697DAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #398bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 139, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.095 229.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dadc6',
    500: '#398bae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #398bae;
$custom-light: #7dadc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#398bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.949,
    "s": 50.649,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60149,
    "c": 0.09468,
    "h": 229.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#398BAE

secondary

#C39480

accent

#784EDA

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #398BAE

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

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