#398BC4#398BC4

#398BC4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.117 H 242.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#398BC4
RGB	rgb(57, 139, 196)
HSL	hsl(205, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(205, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 29.1%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.40, -6.06, -36.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.40, 37.27, 260.64°)
OKLab	oklab(61.23% -0.0539 -0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(61.23% 0.117 242.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.8799, 23.3183, 55.6143)
Luminance	0.2332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#398BC4 #C47239

analogous

#39C4B8 #398BC4 #3946C4

triadic

#398BC4 #C4398B #8BC439

tetradic

#398BC4 #B839C4 #C47239 #46C439

square

#398BC4 #B839C4 #C47239 #46C439

split-complementary

#398BC4 #C43946 #C4B839

monochromatic

#1D4865 #2B6995 #398BC4 #67A7D3 #97C2E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#398BC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#398BC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #398BC4

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##398BC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##398BC4	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#718CC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E7FC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #398bc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 139, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.117 242.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80acd6',
    500: '#398bc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #398bc4;
$custom-light: #80acd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#398bc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.604,
    "s": 54.941,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6123,
    "c": 0.11707,
    "h": 242.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#398BC4

secondary

#CCA78D

accent

#874ADE

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #398BC4

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

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