#398D99#398D99

#398D99 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.082 H 208.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#398D99
RGB	rgb(57, 141, 153)
HSL	hsl(188, 46%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(188, 63%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 7.8%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.26, -21.34, -13.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.26, 25.48, 213.11°)
OKLab	oklab(59.74% -0.0721 -0.0386)
OKLCH	oklch(59.74% 0.082 208.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.9596, 22.2177, 33.5255)
Luminance	0.2222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#398D99 #994539

analogous

#399975 #398D99 #395D99

triadic

#398D99 #99398D #8D9939

tetradic

#398D99 #753999 #994539 #5D9939

square

#398D99 #753999 #994539 #5D9939

split-complementary

#398D99 #99395D #997539

monochromatic

#183B40 #28646C #398D99 #51B1BE #7EC5CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#398D99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#398D99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #398D99

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##398D99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##398D99	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81889A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737D99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #398d99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 141, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.082 208.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aaeb7',
    500: '#398d99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #398d99;
$custom-light: #7aaeb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#398d99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.5,
    "s": 45.714,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59742,
    "c": 0.08176,
    "h": 208.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#398D99

secondary

#B87E76

accent

#6352D5

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #398D99

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

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