#398CAE#398CAE

#398CAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.094 H 228.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#398CAE
RGB	rgb(57, 140, 174)
HSL	hsl(197, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(197, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 19.5%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.74, -14.10, -25.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.74, 28.92, 240.82°)
OKLab	oklab(60.39% -0.0625 -0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(60.39% 0.094 228.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.7024, 22.6800, 43.4282)
Luminance	0.2268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#398CAE #AE5B39

analogous

#39AE95 #398CAE #3951AE

triadic

#398CAE #AE398C #8CAE39

tetradic

#398CAE #9539AE #AE5B39 #51AE39

square

#398CAE #9539AE #AE5B39 #51AE39

split-complementary

#398CAE #AE3951 #AE9539

monochromatic

#1B4252 #2A6780 #398CAE #5BA9C9 #89C1D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#398CAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#398CAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #398CAE

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##398CAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##398CAE	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8AB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7EAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #398cae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 140, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.094 228.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dadc6',
    500: '#398cae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #398cae;
$custom-light: #7dadc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#398cae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.436,
    "s": 50.649,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60392,
    "c": 0.09436,
    "h": 228.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#398CAE

secondary

#C39480

accent

#764EDA

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #398CAE

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

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