#398D8A#398D8A

#398D8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.081 H 192.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#398D8A
RGB	rgb(57, 141, 138)
HSL	hsl(178, 42%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(178, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 0%, 2.1%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.76, -25.80, -5.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.76, 26.49, 193.08°)
OKLab	oklab(59.18% -0.0788 -0.0167)
OKLCH	oklch(59.18% 0.081 192)
XYZ	xyz(15.7977, 21.7530, 27.4060)
Luminance	0.2175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#398D8A #8D393C

analogous

#398D60 #398D8A #39668D

triadic

#398D8A #8A398D #8D8A39

tetradic

#398D8A #60398D #8D393C #668D39

square

#398D8A #60398D #8D393C #668D39

split-complementary

#398D8A #8D3966 #8D6039

monochromatic

#163635 #27615F #398D8A #4CB7B3 #78C8C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#398D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#398D8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #398D8A

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##398D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##398D8A	1.00	3.92	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85868A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787C8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #398d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 141, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.081 192.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79aeac',
    500: '#398d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #398d8a;
$custom-light: #79aeac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#398d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.857,
    "s": 42.424,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5918,
    "c": 0.0805,
    "h": 192
  },
  "luminance": 0.21755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#398D8A

secondary

#B27073

accent

#565AD2

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #398D8A

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

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