#398F79#398F79

#398F79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.090 H 173.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#398F79
RGB	rgb(57, 143, 121)
HSL	hsl(165, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(165, 60%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 0%, 15.4%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.91, -31.40, 4.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.91, 31.66, 172.67°)
OKLab	oklab(59.14% -0.0891 0.0102)
OKLCH	oklch(59.14% 0.09 173.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.9594, 21.8938, 21.5230)
Luminance	0.2190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#398F79 #8F394F

analogous

#398F4E #398F79 #397A8F

triadic

#398F79 #79398F #8F7939

tetradic

#398F79 #4E398F #8F394F #7A8F39

square

#398F79 #4E398F #8F394F #7A8F39

split-complementary

#398F79 #8F397A #8F4E39

monochromatic

#16372F #286354 #398F79 #4DB89D #79CAB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#398F79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#398F79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #398F79

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##398F79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##398F79	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8678

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7D7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #398f79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 143, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.090 173.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b09f',
    500: '#398f79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #398f79;
$custom-light: #78b09f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#398f79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.651,
    "s": 43,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59141,
    "c": 0.08968,
    "h": 173.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#398F79

secondary

#B37182

accent

#5575D3

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EEF5F2

border

#C9CFCC

text

#0A100E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #398F79

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

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