#398E83#398E83

#398E83 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.083 H 183.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#398E83
RGB	rgb(57, 142, 131)
HSL	hsl(172, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(172, 60%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 0%, 7.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.87, -28.26, -1.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.87, 28.32, 183.63°)
OKLab	oklab(59.2% -0.0832 -0.0053)
OKLCH	oklch(59.2% 0.083 183.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.4552, 21.8530, 24.8719)
Luminance	0.2185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#398E83 #8E3944

analogous

#398E59 #398E83 #396F8E

triadic

#398E83 #83398E #8E8339

tetradic

#398E83 #59398E #8E3944 #6F8E39

square

#398E83 #59398E #8E3944 #6F8E39

split-complementary

#398E83 #8E396F #8E5939

monochromatic

#163732 #27625B #398E83 #4DB7AA #78C9BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#398E83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#398E83 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #398E83

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##398E83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##398E83	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888683

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7D84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #398e83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 142, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.083 183.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79afa7',
    500: '#398e83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #398e83;
$custom-light: #79afa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#398e83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.235,
    "s": 42.714,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59197,
    "c": 0.08333,
    "h": 183.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#398E83

secondary

#B27179

accent

#5566D2

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A100F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #398E83

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

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