#398E8A#398E8A

#398E8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.081 H 190.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#398E8A
RGB	rgb(57, 142, 138)
HSL	hsl(177, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(177, 60%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 0%, 2.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.08, -26.30, -5.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.08, 26.87, 191.87°)
OKLab	oklab(59.44% -0.0799 -0.0154)
OKLCH	oklch(59.44% 0.081 190.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.9458, 22.0492, 27.4554)
Luminance	0.2205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#398E8A #8E393D

analogous

#398E60 #398E8A #39688E

triadic

#398E8A #8A398E #8E8A39

tetradic

#398E8A #60398E #8E393D #688E39

square

#398E8A #60398E #8E393D #688E39

split-complementary

#398E8A #8E3968 #8E6039

monochromatic

#163735 #276260 #398E8A #4DB7B2 #78C9C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#398E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#398E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #398E8A

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##398E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##398E8A	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86878A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797D8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #398e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 142, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.081 190.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79afac',
    500: '#398e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #398e8a;
$custom-light: #79afac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#398e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.176,
    "s": 42.714,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59435,
    "c": 0.08136,
    "h": 190.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#398E8A

secondary

#B27174

accent

#555BD2

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #398E8A

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

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