#3998A8#3998A8

#3998A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.090 H 210.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3998A8
RGB	rgb(57, 152, 168)
HSL	hsl(189, 49%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(189, 66%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 9.5%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.18, -22.44, -16.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.18, 27.90, 216.43°)
OKLab	oklab(63.07% -0.0777 -0.046)
OKLCH	oklch(63.07% 0.09 210.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.9805, 26.1513, 41.0329)
Luminance	0.2615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3998A8 #A84939

analogous

#39A881 #3998A8 #3961A8

triadic

#3998A8 #A83998 #98A839

tetradic

#3998A8 #8139A8 #A84939 #61A839

square

#3998A8 #8139A8 #A84939 #61A839

split-complementary

#3998A8 #A83961 #A88139

monochromatic

#1A454D #296F7A #3998A8 #58B6C6 #86CAD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#3998A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#3998A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3998A8

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3998A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3998A8	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B93A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A87A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3998a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 152, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.090 210.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7db6c1',
    500: '#3998a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3998a8;
$custom-light: #7db6c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3998a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.649,
    "s": 49.333,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63074,
    "c": 0.09026,
    "h": 210.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3998A8

secondary

#C0877D

accent

#634FD9

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #3998A8

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

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