#398F8A#398F8A

#398F8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.082 H 189.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#398F8A
RGB	rgb(57, 143, 138)
HSL	hsl(177, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(177, 60%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 0%, 3.5%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.39, -26.80, -5.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.39, 27.27, 190.69°)
OKLab	oklab(59.69% -0.081 -0.0141)
OKLCH	oklch(59.69% 0.082 189.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.0952, 22.3481, 27.5052)
Luminance	0.2235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#398F8A #8F393E

analogous

#398F5F #398F8A #39698F

triadic

#398F8A #8A398F #8F8A39

tetradic

#398F8A #5F398F #8F393E #698F39

square

#398F8A #5F398F #8F393E #698F39

split-complementary

#398F8A #8F3969 #8F5F39

monochromatic

#163736 #286360 #398F8A #4DB8B2 #79CAC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#398F8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#398F8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #398F8A

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##398F8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##398F8A	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87888A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7E8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00938D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #398f8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 143, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.082 189.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79b0ac',
    500: '#398f8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #398f8a;
$custom-light: #79b0ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#398f8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.512,
    "s": 43,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5969,
    "c": 0.08224,
    "h": 189.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#398F8A

secondary

#B37175

accent

#555CD3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF5F4

border

#C9CFCE

text

#0A1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #398F8A

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

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