#398E89#398E89

#398E89 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.082 H 189.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#398E89
RGB	rgb(57, 142, 137)
HSL	hsl(176, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(176, 60%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 0%, 3.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.05, -26.59, -4.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.05, 27.05, 190.64°)
OKLab	oklab(59.4% -0.0803 -0.0139)
OKLCH	oklch(59.4% 0.082 189.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.8737, 22.0204, 27.0759)
Luminance	0.2202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#398E89 #8E393E

analogous

#398E5F #398E89 #39698E

triadic

#398E89 #89398E #8E8939

tetradic

#398E89 #5F398E #8E393E #698E39

square

#398E89 #5F398E #8E393E #698E39

split-complementary

#398E89 #8E3969 #8E5F39

monochromatic

#163735 #27625F #398E89 #4DB7B1 #78C9C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#398E89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#398E89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #398E89

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##398E89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##398E89	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868789

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797D8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #398e89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 142, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.082 189.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79afab',
    500: '#398e89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #398e89;
$custom-light: #79afab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#398e89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.471,
    "s": 42.714,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.594,
    "c": 0.08155,
    "h": 189.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#398E89

secondary

#B27174

accent

#555DD2

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #398E89

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

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