#398D9E#398D9E

#398D9E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.084 H 213.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#398D9E
RGB	rgb(57, 141, 158)
HSL	hsl(190, 47%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(190, 64%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 10.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.43, -19.79, -16.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.43, 25.79, 219.87°)
OKLab	oklab(59.94% -0.07 -0.0459)
OKLCH	oklch(59.94% 0.084 213.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.3812, 22.3864, 35.7461)
Luminance	0.2239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#398D9E #9E4A39

analogous

#399E7D #398D9E #395B9E

triadic

#398D9E #9E398D #8D9E39

tetradic

#398D9E #7D399E #9E4A39 #5B9E39

square

#398D9E #7D399E #9E4A39 #5B9E39

split-complementary

#398D9E #9E395B #9E7D39

monochromatic

#193D44 #296571 #398D9E #53AFC1 #80C4D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#398D9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#398D9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #398D9E

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##398D9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##398D9E	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80889F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717D9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #398d9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 141, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.084 213.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7baeba',
    500: '#398d9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #398d9e;
$custom-light: #7baeba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#398d9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.099,
    "s": 46.977,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59943,
    "c": 0.08368,
    "h": 213.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#398D9E

secondary

#BB8378

accent

#6851D7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #398D9E

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

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