#398E9D#398E9D

#398E9D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.083 H 211.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#398E9D
RGB	rgb(57, 142, 157)
HSL	hsl(189, 47%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(189, 64%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 9.6%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.71, -20.63, -15.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.71, 25.83, 216.98°)
OKLab	oklab(60.15% -0.0715 -0.0431)
OKLCH	oklch(60.15% 0.083 211.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.4436, 22.6483, 35.3440)
Luminance	0.2265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#398E9D #9D4839

analogous

#399D7A #398E9D #395C9D

triadic

#398E9D #9D398E #8E9D39

tetradic

#398E9D #7A399D #9D4839 #5C9D39

square

#398E9D #7A399D #9D4839 #5C9D39

split-complementary

#398E9D #9D395C #9D7A39

monochromatic

#183D43 #296570 #398E9D #53B0C0 #80C5D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#398E9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#398E9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #398E9D

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##398E9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##398E9D	1.00	3.80	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82899E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737E9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009593

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #398e9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 142, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.083 211.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bafba',
    500: '#398e9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #398e9d;
$custom-light: #7bafba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#398e9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189,
    "s": 46.729,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60151,
    "c": 0.08348,
    "h": 211.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#398E9D

secondary

#BA8278

accent

#6551D6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #398E9D

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

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