#398DAD#398DAD

#398DAD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.093 H 226.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#398DAD
RGB	rgb(57, 141, 173)
HSL	hsl(197, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(197, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 18.5%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.01, -14.98, -24.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.01, 28.52, 238.32°)
OKLab	oklab(60.59% -0.064 -0.0679)
OKLCH	oklch(60.59% 0.093 226.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.7520, 22.9347, 42.9656)
Luminance	0.2294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#398DAD #AD5939

analogous

#39AD93 #398DAD #3953AD

triadic

#398DAD #AD398D #8DAD39

tetradic

#398DAD #9339AD #AD5939 #53AD39

square

#398DAD #9339AD #AD5939 #53AD39

split-complementary

#398DAD #AD3953 #AD9339

monochromatic

#1B4251 #2A677F #398DAD #5AAAC9 #88C2D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#398DAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#398DAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #398DAD

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##398DAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##398DAD	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8AAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7EAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #398dad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 141, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.093 226.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7daec5',
    500: '#398dad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #398dad;
$custom-light: #7daec5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#398dad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.552,
    "s": 50.435,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60589,
    "c": 0.09325,
    "h": 226.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#398DAD

secondary

#C29280

accent

#754EDA

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #398DAD

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

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