#398C8D#398C8D

#398C8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.079 H 196.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#398C8D
RGB	rgb(57, 140, 141)
HSL	hsl(181, 42%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(181, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 0.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.54, -24.42, -8.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.54, 25.72, 198.26°)
OKLab	oklab(59.03% -0.0763 -0.0223)
OKLCH	oklch(59.03% 0.079 196.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.8711, 21.5475, 28.5168)
Luminance	0.2155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#398C8D #8D3A39

analogous

#398D64 #398C8D #39628D

triadic

#398C8D #8D398C #8C8D39

tetradic

#398C8D #64398D #8D3A39 #628D39

square

#398C8D #64398D #8D3A39 #628D39

split-complementary

#398C8D #8D3962 #8D6439

monochromatic

#163536 #276161 #398C8D #4CB6B7 #78C7C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#398C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#398C8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #398C8D

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##398C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##398C8D	1.00	3.95	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83868D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767C8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #398c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 140, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.079 196.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79aeae',
    500: '#398c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #398c8d;
$custom-light: #79aeae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#398c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.714,
    "s": 42.424,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59033,
    "c": 0.07946,
    "h": 196.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#398C8D

secondary

#B27170

accent

#5756D2

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #398C8D

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

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