#398D7B#398D7B

#398D7B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.086 H 176.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#398D7B
RGB	rgb(57, 141, 123)
HSL	hsl(167, 42%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(167, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 0%, 12.8%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.33, -29.92, 2.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.33, 29.99, 176.11°)
OKLab	oklab(58.68% -0.0858 0.0049)
OKLCH	oklch(58.68% 0.086 176.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.7857, 21.3482, 22.0765)
Luminance	0.2135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#398D7B #8D394B

analogous

#398D51 #398D7B #39758D

triadic

#398D7B #7B398D #8D7B39

tetradic

#398D7B #51398D #8D394B #758D39

square

#398D7B #51398D #8D394B #758D39

split-complementary

#398D7B #8D3975 #8D5139

monochromatic

#16362F #276155 #398D7B #4CB7A0 #78C8B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#398D7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#398D7B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #398D7B

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##398D7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##398D7B	1.00	3.98	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88857A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7C7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #398d7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 141, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.086 176.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78afa1',
    500: '#398d7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #398d7b;
$custom-light: #78afa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#398d7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.143,
    "s": 42.424,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58682,
    "c": 0.08598,
    "h": 176.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#398D7B

secondary

#B2707E

accent

#5670D2

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EEF4F2

border

#C9CECC

text

#0A100E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #398D7B

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

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