#398E85#398E85

#398E85 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.083 H 185.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#398E85
RGB	rgb(57, 142, 133)
HSL	hsl(174, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(174, 60%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 0%, 6.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.93, -27.71, -2.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.93, 27.85, 185.90°)
OKLab	oklab(59.26% -0.0822 -0.0082)
OKLCH	oklch(59.26% 0.083 185.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.5921, 21.9077, 25.5927)
Luminance	0.2191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#398E85 #8E3942

analogous

#398E5B #398E85 #396D8E

triadic

#398E85 #85398E #8E8539

tetradic

#398E85 #5B398E #8E3942 #6D8E39

square

#398E85 #5B398E #8E3942 #6D8E39

split-complementary

#398E85 #8E396D #8E5B39

monochromatic

#163733 #27625C #398E85 #4DB7AC #78C9C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#398E85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#398E85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #398E85

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##398E85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##398E85	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878785

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7D86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #398e85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 142, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.083 185.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79afa8',
    500: '#398e85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #398e85;
$custom-light: #79afa8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#398e85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.647,
    "s": 42.714,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59263,
    "c": 0.08262,
    "h": 185.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#398E85

secondary

#B27178

accent

#5563D2

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A100F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #398E85

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

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