#398E8F#398E8F

#398E8F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.081 H 196.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#398E8F
RGB	rgb(57, 142, 143)
HSL	hsl(181, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(181, 60%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 0.7%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.24, -24.86, -8.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.24, 26.17, 198.22°)
OKLab	oklab(59.61% -0.0776 -0.0227)
OKLCH	oklch(59.61% 0.081 196.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.3161, 22.1973, 29.4059)
Luminance	0.2220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#398E8F #8F3A39

analogous

#398F65 #398E8F #39638F

triadic

#398E8F #8F398E #8E8F39

tetradic

#398E8F #65398F #8F3A39 #638F39

square

#398E8F #65398F #8F3A39 #638F39

split-complementary

#398E8F #8F3963 #8F6539

monochromatic

#163737 #286363 #398E8F #4DB7B8 #79C9CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#398E8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#398E8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #398E8F

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##398E8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##398E8F	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85888F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777D90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #398e8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 142, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.081 196.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aafaf',
    500: '#398e8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #398e8f;
$custom-light: #7aafaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#398e8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.698,
    "s": 43,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59614,
    "c": 0.08085,
    "h": 196.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#398E8F

secondary

#B37271

accent

#5655D3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #398E8F

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

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