#398CB9#398CB9

#398CB9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.105 H 236.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#398CB9
RGB	rgb(57, 140, 185)
HSL	hsl(201, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(201, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 24.3%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.20, -10.41, -30.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.20, 32.53, 251.33°)
OKLab	oklab(60.91% -0.0586 -0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(60.91% 0.105 236)
XYZ	xyz(19.8190, 23.1266, 49.3089)
Luminance	0.2313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#398CB9 #B96639

analogous

#39B9A6 #398CB9 #394CB9

triadic

#398CB9 #B9398C #8CB939

tetradic

#398CB9 #A639B9 #B96639 #4CB939

square

#398CB9 #A639B9 #B96639 #4CB939

split-complementary

#398CB9 #B9394C #B9A639

monochromatic

#1C455B #2B698A #398CB9 #61A8CE #90C2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#398CB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#398CB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #398CB9

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##398CB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##398CB9	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#778BBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657FB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #398cb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 140, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.105 236.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eadce',
    500: '#398cb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #398cb9;
$custom-light: #7eadce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#398cb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.094,
    "s": 52.893,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60911,
    "c": 0.10461,
    "h": 236
  },
  "luminance": 0.23129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#398CB9

secondary

#C89D86

accent

#7E4BDC

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #398CB9

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

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