#398C97#398C97

#398C97 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.081 H 207.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#398C97
RGB	rgb(57, 140, 151)
HSL	hsl(187, 45%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(187, 62%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 7.3%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.88, -21.43, -13.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.88, 25.24, 211.90°)
OKLab	oklab(59.41% -0.0718 -0.037)
OKLCH	oklch(59.41% 0.081 207.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.6490, 21.8587, 32.6139)
Luminance	0.2186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#398C97 #974439

analogous

#399773 #398C97 #395D97

triadic

#398C97 #97398C #8C9739

tetradic

#398C97 #733997 #974439 #5D9739

square

#398C97 #733997 #974439 #5D9739

split-complementary

#398C97 #97395D #977339

monochromatic

#173A3E #28636B #398C97 #50B0BD #7DC4CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#398C97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#398C97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #398C97

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##398C97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##398C97	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818798

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737C97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #398c97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 140, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.081 207.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aaeb5',
    500: '#398c97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #398c97;
$custom-light: #7aaeb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#398c97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.021,
    "s": 45.192,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59412,
    "c": 0.08078,
    "h": 207.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#398C97

secondary

#B77C75

accent

#6253D5

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #398C97

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

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