#398C8A#398C8A

#398C8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.080 H 193.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#398C8A
RGB	rgb(57, 140, 138)
HSL	hsl(179, 42%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(179, 59%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 0%, 1.4%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.45, -25.29, -6.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.45, 26.11, 194.33°)
OKLab	oklab(58.93% -0.0776 -0.0179)
OKLCH	oklch(58.93% 0.08 193)
XYZ	xyz(15.6509, 21.4594, 27.3571)
Luminance	0.2146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#398C8A #8C393B

analogous

#398C60 #398C8A #39648C

triadic

#398C8A #8A398C #8C8A39

tetradic

#398C8A #60398C #8C393B #648C39

square

#398C8A #60398C #8C393B #648C39

split-complementary

#398C8A #8C3964 #8C6039

monochromatic

#163534 #27615F #398C8A #4CB6B4 #78C8C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#398C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#398C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #398C8A

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##398C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##398C8A	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84858A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767C8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #398c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 140, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.080 193.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79aeac',
    500: '#398c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #398c8a;
$custom-light: #79aeac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#398c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.554,
    "s": 42.132,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58925,
    "c": 0.07967,
    "h": 193
  },
  "luminance": 0.21461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#398C8A

secondary

#B17071

accent

#5659D2

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #398C8A

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

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