#398D7E#398D7E

#398D7E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.084 H 179.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#398D7E
RGB	rgb(57, 141, 126)
HSL	hsl(169, 42%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(169, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 0%, 10.6%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.41, -29.13, 0.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.41, 29.13, 179.17°)
OKLab	oklab(58.78% -0.0844 0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(58.78% 0.084 179.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.9764, 21.4245, 23.0807)
Luminance	0.2143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#398D7E #8D3948

analogous

#398D54 #398D7E #39728D

triadic

#398D7E #7E398D #8D7E39

tetradic

#398D7E #54398D #8D3948 #728D39

square

#398D7E #54398D #8D3948 #728D39

split-complementary

#398D7E #8D3972 #8D5439

monochromatic

#163630 #276157 #398D7E #4CB7A4 #78C8BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#398D7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#398D7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #398D7E

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##398D7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##398D7E	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87857D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7C7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #398d7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 141, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.084 179.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78afa3',
    500: '#398d7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #398d7e;
$custom-light: #78afa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#398d7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.286,
    "s": 42.424,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58777,
    "c": 0.08439,
    "h": 179.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#398D7E

secondary

#B2707C

accent

#566CD2

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F3

border

#C9CECD

text

#0A100F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #398D7E

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

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