#398EAE#398EAE

#398EAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.094 H 226.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#398EAE
RGB	rgb(57, 142, 174)
HSL	hsl(196, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 18.4%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.35, -15.20, -24.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.35, 28.68, 237.99°)
OKLab	oklab(60.88% -0.0646 -0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(60.88% 0.094 226.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.9973, 23.2698, 43.5265)
Luminance	0.2327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#398EAE #AE5939

analogous

#39AE93 #398EAE #3954AE

triadic

#398EAE #AE398E #8EAE39

tetradic

#398EAE #9339AE #AE5939 #54AE39

square

#398EAE #9339AE #AE5939 #54AE39

split-complementary

#398EAE #AE3954 #AE9339

monochromatic

#1B4352 #2A6880 #398EAE #5BABC9 #89C3D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#398EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#398EAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #398EAE

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##398EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##398EAE	1.00	3.71	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D8BB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7FAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #398eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 142, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.094 226.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dafc6',
    500: '#398eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #398eae;
$custom-light: #7dafc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#398eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.41,
    "s": 50.649,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60877,
    "c": 0.09381,
    "h": 226.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#398EAE

secondary

#C39280

accent

#744EDA

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #398EAE

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

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