#398D8D#398D8D

#398D8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.080 H 195.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#398D8D
RGB	rgb(57, 141, 141)
HSL	hsl(180, 42%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(180, 60%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 0%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.86, -24.93, -7.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.86, 26.06, 196.93°)
OKLab	oklab(59.29% -0.0774 -0.021)
OKLCH	oklch(59.29% 0.08 195.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.0179, 21.8411, 28.5657)
Luminance	0.2184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#398D8D #8D3939

analogous

#398D63 #398D8D #39638D

triadic

#398D8D #8D398D #8D8D39

tetradic

#398D8D #63398D #8D3939 #638D39

square

#398D8D #63398D #8D3939 #638D39

split-complementary

#398D8D #8D3963 #8D6339

monochromatic

#163636 #276161 #398D8D #4CB7B7 #78C8C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#398D8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#398D8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #398D8D

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##398D8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##398D8D	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84878D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777C8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #398d8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 141, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.080 195.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79aeae',
    500: '#398d8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #398d8d;
$custom-light: #79aeae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#398d8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 42.424,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59287,
    "c": 0.0802,
    "h": 195.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#398D8D

secondary

#B27070

accent

#5656D2

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #398D8D

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

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