#398C8B#398C8B

#398C8B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.080 H 194.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#398C8B
RGB	rgb(57, 140, 139)
HSL	hsl(179, 42%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(179, 59%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 0%, 0.7%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.48, -25.00, -7.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.48, 25.96, 195.63°)
OKLab	oklab(58.96% -0.0772 -0.0194)
OKLCH	oklch(58.96% 0.08 194.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.7236, 21.4885, 27.7401)
Luminance	0.2149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#398C8B #8C393A

analogous

#398C61 #398C8B #39638C

triadic

#398C8B #8B398C #8C8B39

tetradic

#398C8B #61398C #8C393A #638C39

square

#398C8B #61398C #8C393A #638C39

split-complementary

#398C8B #8C3963 #8C6139

monochromatic

#163535 #276160 #398C8B #4CB6B5 #78C8C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#398C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#398C8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #398C8B

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##398C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##398C8B	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84868B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767C8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #398c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 140, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.080 194.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79aeac',
    500: '#398c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #398c8b;
$custom-light: #79aeac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#398c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.277,
    "s": 42.132,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58961,
    "c": 0.07956,
    "h": 194.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#398C8B

secondary

#B17071

accent

#5657D2

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #398C8B

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

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