#398E9B#398E9B

#398E9B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.083 H 209.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#398E9B
RGB	rgb(57, 142, 155)
HSL	hsl(188, 46%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(188, 63%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 8.4%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.64, -21.25, -14.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.64, 25.73, 214.30°)
OKLab	oklab(60.07% -0.0723 -0.0402)
OKLCH	oklch(60.07% 0.083 209.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.2743, 22.5806, 34.4521)
Luminance	0.2258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#398E9B #9B4639

analogous

#399B77 #398E9B #395D9B

triadic

#398E9B #9B398E #8E9B39

tetradic

#398E9B #77399B #9B4639 #5D9B39

square

#398E9B #77399B #9B4639 #5D9B39

split-complementary

#398E9B #9B395D #9B7739

monochromatic

#183C42 #29656E #398E9B #52B1BF #7FC5D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#398E9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#398E9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #398E9B

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##398E9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##398E9B	1.00	3.81	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82899C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747E9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #398e9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 142, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.083 209.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bafb8',
    500: '#398e9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #398e9b;
$custom-light: #7bafb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#398e9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.959,
    "s": 46.226,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60071,
    "c": 0.08275,
    "h": 209.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#398E9B

secondary

#B97F77

accent

#6352D6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #398E9B

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

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