#398D9F#398D9F

#398D9F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.084 H 214.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#398D9F
RGB	rgb(57, 141, 159)
HSL	hsl(191, 47%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(191, 64%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 11.3%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.47, -19.48, -17.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.47, 25.89, 221.20°)
OKLab	oklab(59.98% -0.0695 -0.0474)
OKLCH	oklch(59.98% 0.084 214.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.4677, 22.4210, 36.2013)
Luminance	0.2242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#398D9F #9F4B39

analogous

#399F7E #398D9F #395A9F

triadic

#398D9F #9F398D #8D9F39

tetradic

#398D9F #7E399F #9F4B39 #5A9F39

square

#398D9F #7E399F #9F4B39 #5A9F39

split-complementary

#398D9F #9F395A #9F7E39

monochromatic

#193D45 #296572 #398D9F #54AEC2 #81C3D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#398D9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#398D9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #398D9F

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##398D9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##398D9F	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)

#8089A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717E9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009493

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #398d9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 141, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.084 214.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7baebb',
    500: '#398d9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #398d9f;
$custom-light: #7baebb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#398d9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.588,
    "s": 47.222,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59984,
    "c": 0.08414,
    "h": 214.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#398D9F

secondary

#BB8478

accent

#6951D7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #398D9F

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →