#398E8D#398E8D

#398E8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.081 H 194.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#398E8D
RGB	rgb(57, 142, 141)
HSL	hsl(179, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(179, 60%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 0%, 0.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.17, -25.44, -7.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.17, 26.42, 195.64°)
OKLab	oklab(59.54% -0.0785 -0.0197)
OKLCH	oklch(59.54% 0.081 194.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.1660, 22.1373, 28.6151)
Luminance	0.2214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#398E8D #8E393A

analogous

#398E63 #398E8D #39658E

triadic

#398E8D #8D398E #8E8D39

tetradic

#398E8D #63398E #8E393A #658E39

square

#398E8D #63398E #8E393A #658E39

split-complementary

#398E8D #8E3965 #8E6339

monochromatic

#163736 #276262 #398E8D #4DB7B6 #78C9C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#398E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#398E8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #398E8D

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##398E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##398E8D	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85878D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787D8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #398e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 142, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.081 194.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79afae',
    500: '#398e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #398e8d;
$custom-light: #79afae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#398e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.294,
    "s": 42.714,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59541,
    "c": 0.08096,
    "h": 194.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#398E8D

secondary

#B27171

accent

#5557D2

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #398E8D

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

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