#398E87#398E87

#398E87 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.082 H 187.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#398E87
RGB	rgb(57, 142, 135)
HSL	hsl(175, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(175, 60%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 0%, 4.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.99, -27.15, -3.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.99, 27.43, 188.23°)
OKLab	oklab(59.33% -0.0813 -0.0111)
OKLCH	oklch(59.33% 0.082 187.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.7316, 21.9635, 26.3273)
Luminance	0.2197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#398E87 #8E3940

analogous

#398E5D #398E87 #396B8E

triadic

#398E87 #87398E #8E8739

tetradic

#398E87 #5D398E #8E3940 #6B8E39

square

#398E87 #5D398E #8E3940 #6B8E39

split-complementary

#398E87 #8E396B #8E5D39

monochromatic

#163734 #27625D #398E87 #4DB7AF #78C9C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#398E87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#398E87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #398E87

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##398E87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##398E87	1.00	3.89	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.89	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)

#878787

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797D88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #398e87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 142, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.082 187.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79afa9',
    500: '#398e87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #398e87;
$custom-light: #79afa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#398e87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.059,
    "s": 42.714,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59331,
    "c": 0.08203,
    "h": 187.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#398E87

secondary

#B27176

accent

#5560D2

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #398E87

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

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