#398FAE#398FAE

#398FAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.094 H 225.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#398FAE
RGB	rgb(57, 143, 174)
HSL	hsl(196, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 17.8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.65, -15.75, -23.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.65, 28.58, 236.56°)
OKLab	oklab(61.12% -0.0657 -0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(61.12% 0.094 225.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.1467, 23.5687, 43.5763)
Luminance	0.2357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#398FAE #AE5839

analogous

#39AE92 #398FAE #3955AE

triadic

#398FAE #AE398F #8FAE39

tetradic

#398FAE #9239AE #AE5839 #55AE39

square

#398FAE #9239AE #AE5839 #55AE39

split-complementary

#398FAE #AE3955 #AE9239

monochromatic

#1B4352 #2A6980 #398FAE #5BACC9 #89C3D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#398FAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#398FAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #398FAE

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##398FAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##398FAE	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8CB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E80AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #398fae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 143, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.094 225.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dafc6',
    500: '#398fae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #398fae;
$custom-light: #7dafc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#398fae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.897,
    "s": 50.649,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6112,
    "c": 0.09358,
    "h": 225.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#398FAE

secondary

#C39280

accent

#734EDA

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #398FAE

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

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