#398DAE#398DAE

#398DAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.094 H 227.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#398DAE
RGB	rgb(57, 141, 174)
HSL	hsl(197, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(197, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 19%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.05, -14.65, -24.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.05, 28.79, 239.41°)
OKLab	oklab(60.63% -0.0636 -0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(60.63% 0.094 227.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.8491, 22.9736, 43.4772)
Luminance	0.2298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#398DAE #AE5A39

analogous

#39AE94 #398DAE #3953AE

triadic

#398DAE #AE398D #8DAE39

tetradic

#398DAE #9439AE #AE5A39 #53AE39

square

#398DAE #9439AE #AE5A39 #53AE39

split-complementary

#398DAE #AE3953 #AE9439

monochromatic

#1B4252 #2A6880 #398DAE #5BAAC9 #89C2D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#398DAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#398DAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #398DAE

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##398DAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##398DAE	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8AB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7FAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #398dae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 141, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.094 227.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7daec6',
    500: '#398dae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #398dae;
$custom-light: #7daec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#398dae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.923,
    "s": 50.649,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60634,
    "c": 0.09406,
    "h": 227.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#398DAE

secondary

#C39380

accent

#754EDA

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #398DAE

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

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