#398C99#398C99

#398C99 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.081 H 209.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#398C99
RGB	rgb(57, 140, 153)
HSL	hsl(188, 46%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(188, 63%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 8.5%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.95, -20.82, -14.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.95, 25.31, 214.65°)
OKLab	oklab(59.49% -0.071 -0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(59.49% 0.081 209.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.8128, 21.9242, 33.4766)
Luminance	0.2193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#398C99 #994639

analogous

#399976 #398C99 #395C99

triadic

#398C99 #99398C #8C9939

tetradic

#398C99 #763999 #994639 #5C9939

square

#398C99 #763999 #994639 #5C9939

split-complementary

#398C99 #99395C #997639

monochromatic

#183A40 #28636C #398C99 #51AFBE #7EC4CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#398C99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#398C99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #398C99

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##398C99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##398C99	1.00	3.90	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80879A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727C99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009290

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #398c99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 140, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.081 209.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aaeb7',
    500: '#398c99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #398c99;
$custom-light: #7aaeb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#398c99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.125,
    "s": 45.714,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59492,
    "c": 0.08141,
    "h": 209.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#398C99

secondary

#B87F76

accent

#6452D5

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #398C99

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

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