#398E86#398E86

#398E86 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.082 H 186.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#398E86
RGB	rgb(57, 142, 134)
HSL	hsl(174, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(174, 60%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 0%, 5.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.96, -27.43, -3.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.96, 27.64, 187.06°)
OKLab	oklab(59.3% -0.0817 -0.0096)
OKLCH	oklch(59.3% 0.082 186.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.6615, 21.9355, 25.9582)
Luminance	0.2194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#398E86 #8E3941

analogous

#398E5C #398E86 #396C8E

triadic

#398E86 #86398E #8E8639

tetradic

#398E86 #5C398E #8E3941 #6C8E39

square

#398E86 #5C398E #8E3941 #6C8E39

split-complementary

#398E86 #8E396C #8E5C39

monochromatic

#163734 #27625D #398E86 #4DB7AD #78C9C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#398E86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#398E86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #398E86

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##398E86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##398E86	1.00	3.90	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878786

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7D87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #398e86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 142, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.082 186.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79afa9',
    500: '#398e86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #398e86;
$custom-light: #79afa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#398e86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.353,
    "s": 42.714,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59297,
    "c": 0.08231,
    "h": 186.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#398E86

secondary

#B27177

accent

#5561D2

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A100F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #398E86

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

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