#398C7D#398C7D

#398C7D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.084 H 179.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#398C7D
RGB	rgb(57, 140, 125)
HSL	hsl(169, 42%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(169, 59%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 0%, 10.7%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.06, -28.91, 0.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.06, 28.91, 179.02°)
OKLab	oklab(58.49% -0.0837 0.0009)
OKLCH	oklch(58.49% 0.084 179.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.7654, 21.1052, 22.6936)
Luminance	0.2111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#398C7D #8C3948

analogous

#398C53 #398C7D #39718C

triadic

#398C7D #7D398C #8C7D39

tetradic

#398C7D #53398C #8C3948 #718C39

square

#398C7D #53398C #8C3948 #718C39

split-complementary

#398C7D #8C3971 #8C5339

monochromatic

#16352F #276156 #398C7D #4CB6A3 #78C8B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#398C7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#398C7D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #398C7D

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##398C7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##398C7D	1.00	4.02	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86847C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7B7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #398c7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 140, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.084 179.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78aea2',
    500: '#398c7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #398c7d;
$custom-light: #78aea2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#398c7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.157,
    "s": 42.132,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58486,
    "c": 0.08373,
    "h": 179.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#398C7D

secondary

#B1707C

accent

#566CD2

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EEF4F2

border

#C9CECC

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #398C7D

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

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