#398F9C#398F9C

#398F9C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.083 H 208.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#398F9C
RGB	rgb(57, 143, 156)
HSL	hsl(188, 46%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(188, 63%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 8.3%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.98, -21.47, -14.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.98, 25.93, 214.13°)
OKLab	oklab(60.36% -0.073 -0.0403)
OKLCH	oklch(60.36% 0.083 208.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.5081, 22.9132, 34.9460)
Luminance	0.2291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#398F9C #9C4639

analogous

#399C78 #398F9C #395E9C

triadic

#398F9C #9C398F #8F9C39

tetradic

#398F9C #78399C #9C4639 #5E9C39

square

#398F9C #78399C #9C4639 #5E9C39

split-complementary

#398F9C #9C395E #9C7839

monochromatic

#183D42 #29666F #398F9C #52B2C0 #7FC6D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#398F9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#398F9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #398F9C

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##398F9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##398F9C	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838A9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747F9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009593

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #398f9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 143, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.083 208.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bb0b9',
    500: '#398f9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #398f9c;
$custom-light: #7bb0b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#398f9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.879,
    "s": 46.479,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6036,
    "c": 0.0834,
    "h": 208.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#398F9C

secondary

#BA8077

accent

#6352D6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #398F9C

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

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