#398F8D#398F8D

#398F8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.082 H 193.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#398F8D
RGB	rgb(57, 143, 141)
HSL	hsl(179, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(179, 60%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 0%, 1.4%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.49, -25.94, -6.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.49, 26.78, 194.38°)
OKLab	oklab(59.8% -0.0796 -0.0185)
OKLCH	oklch(59.8% 0.082 193.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.3154, 22.4362, 28.6649)
Luminance	0.2244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#398F8D #8F393B

analogous

#398F62 #398F8D #39668F

triadic

#398F8D #8D398F #8F8D39

tetradic

#398F8D #62398F #8F393B #668F39

square

#398F8D #62398F #8F393B #668F39

split-complementary

#398F8D #8F3966 #8F6239

monochromatic

#163737 #286362 #398F8D #4DB8B6 #79CAC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#398F8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#398F8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #398F8D

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##398F8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##398F8D	1.00	3.83	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87888D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797E8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00938E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #398f8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 143, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.082 193.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ab0ae',
    500: '#398f8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #398f8d;
$custom-light: #7ab0ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#398f8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.605,
    "s": 43,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59796,
    "c": 0.08176,
    "h": 193.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#398F8D

secondary

#B37173

accent

#5558D3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF5F4

border

#C9CFCE

text

#0A1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #398F8D

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

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