#398F86#398F86

#398F86 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.083 H 185.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#398F86
RGB	rgb(57, 143, 134)
HSL	hsl(174, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(174, 60%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 0%, 6.3%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.27, -27.92, -2.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.27, 28.08, 185.99°)
OKLab	oklab(59.55% -0.0829 -0.0083)
OKLCH	oklch(59.55% 0.083 185.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.8110, 22.2344, 26.0081)
Luminance	0.2224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#398F86 #8F3942

analogous

#398F5B #398F86 #396D8F

triadic

#398F86 #86398F #8F8639

tetradic

#398F86 #5B398F #8F3942 #6D8F39

square

#398F86 #5B398F #8F3942 #6D8F39

split-complementary

#398F86 #8F396D #8F5B39

monochromatic

#163734 #28635D #398F86 #4DB8AD #79CAC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#398F86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#398F86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #398F86

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##398F86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##398F86	1.00	3.86	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888886

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7E87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #398f86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 143, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.083 185.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79b0a9',
    500: '#398f86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #398f86;
$custom-light: #79b0a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#398f86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.721,
    "s": 43,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59554,
    "c": 0.0833,
    "h": 185.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#398F86

secondary

#B37178

accent

#5562D3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF5F4

border

#C9CFCE

text

#0A100F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #398F86

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

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