#398F9E#398F9E

#398F9E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.084 H 211.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#398F9E
RGB	rgb(57, 143, 158)
HSL	hsl(189, 47%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(189, 64%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 9.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.05, -20.85, -15.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.05, 26.04, 216.79°)
OKLab	oklab(60.44% -0.0722 -0.0433)
OKLCH	oklch(60.44% 0.084 211)
XYZ	xyz(17.6788, 22.9815, 35.8453)
Luminance	0.2298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#398F9E #9E4839

analogous

#399E7B #398F9E #395D9E

triadic

#398F9E #9E398F #8F9E39

tetradic

#398F9E #7B399E #9E4839 #5D9E39

square

#398F9E #7B399E #9E4839 #5D9E39

split-complementary

#398F9E #9E395D #9E7B39

monochromatic

#193E44 #296671 #398F9E #53B1C1 #80C5D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#398F9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#398F9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #398F9E

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##398F9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##398F9E	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838A9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747F9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009694

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #398f9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 143, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.084 211.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bb0ba',
    500: '#398f9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #398f9e;
$custom-light: #7bb0ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#398f9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.911,
    "s": 46.977,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6044,
    "c": 0.08413,
    "h": 211
  },
  "luminance": 0.22983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#398F9E

secondary

#BB8278

accent

#6551D7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #398F9E

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

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