#398E8B#398E8B

#398E8B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.081 H 192.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#398E8B
RGB	rgb(57, 142, 139)
HSL	hsl(178, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(178, 60%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 0%, 2.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.11, -26.01, -6.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.11, 26.71, 193.11°)
OKLab	oklab(59.47% -0.0794 -0.0168)
OKLCH	oklch(59.47% 0.081 192)
XYZ	xyz(16.0185, 22.0783, 27.8384)
Luminance	0.2208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#398E8B #8E393C

analogous

#398E61 #398E8B #39678E

triadic

#398E8B #8B398E #8E8B39

tetradic

#398E8B #61398E #8E393C #678E39

square

#398E8B #61398E #8E393C #678E39

split-complementary

#398E8B #8E3967 #8E6139

monochromatic

#163736 #276260 #398E8B #4DB7B4 #78C9C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#398E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#398E8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #398E8B

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##398E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##398E8B	1.00	3.88	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86878B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787D8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #398e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 142, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.081 192.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79afac',
    500: '#398e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #398e8b;
$custom-light: #79afac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#398e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.882,
    "s": 42.714,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5947,
    "c": 0.0812,
    "h": 192
  },
  "luminance": 0.2208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#398E8B

secondary

#B27173

accent

#555AD2

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #398E8B

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

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