#3998A9#3998A9

#3998A9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.091 H 211.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3998A9
RGB	rgb(57, 152, 169)
HSL	hsl(189, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(189, 66%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 10.1%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.22, -22.13, -17.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.22, 27.96, 217.66°)
OKLab	oklab(63.11% -0.0772 -0.0474)
OKLCH	oklch(63.11% 0.091 211.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.0740, 26.1887, 41.5254)
Luminance	0.2619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3998A9 #A94A39

analogous

#39A982 #3998A9 #3960A9

triadic

#3998A9 #A93998 #98A939

tetradic

#3998A9 #8239A9 #A94A39 #60A939

square

#3998A9 #8239A9 #A94A39 #60A939

split-complementary

#3998A9 #A93960 #A98239

monochromatic

#1A464D #2A6F7B #3998A9 #58B6C7 #86CAD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#3998A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#3998A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3998A9

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3998A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3998A9	1.00	3.37	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A93AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A87A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3998a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 152, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.091 211.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7db6c2',
    500: '#3998a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3998a9;
$custom-light: #7db6c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3998a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.107,
    "s": 49.558,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63114,
    "c": 0.09065,
    "h": 211.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3998A9

secondary

#C0887E

accent

#644FD9

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #3998A9

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

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