#398E9E#398E9E

#398E9E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.084 H 212.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#398E9E
RGB	rgb(57, 142, 158)
HSL	hsl(190, 47%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(190, 64%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 10.1%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.74, -20.32, -16.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.74, 25.90, 218.32°)
OKLab	oklab(60.19% -0.0711 -0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(60.19% 0.084 212.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.5293, 22.6826, 35.7955)
Luminance	0.2268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#398E9E #9E4939

analogous

#399E7C #398E9E #395C9E

triadic

#398E9E #9E398E #8E9E39

tetradic

#398E9E #7C399E #9E4939 #5C9E39

square

#398E9E #7C399E #9E4939 #5C9E39

split-complementary

#398E9E #9E395C #9E7C39

monochromatic

#193D44 #296671 #398E9E #53B0C1 #80C4D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#398E9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#398E9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #398E9E

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##398E9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##398E9E	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81899F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737E9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009593

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #398e9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 142, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.084 212.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bafba',
    500: '#398e9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #398e9e;
$custom-light: #7bafba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#398e9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.505,
    "s": 46.977,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60192,
    "c": 0.08389,
    "h": 212.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#398E9E

secondary

#BB8378

accent

#6651D7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #398E9E

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

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