#338A8A#338A8A

#338A8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.082 H 195.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#338A8A
RGB	rgb(51, 138, 138)
HSL	hsl(180, 46%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(180, 63%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 0%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.64, -25.40, -7.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.64, 26.54, 196.85°)
OKLab	oklab(58.22% -0.0789 -0.0213)
OKLCH	oklch(58.22% 0.082 195.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.0392, 20.7141, 27.2455)
Luminance	0.2072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#338A8A #8A3333

analogous

#338A5F #338A8A #335F8A

triadic

#338A8A #8A338A #8A8A33

tetradic

#338A8A #5F338A #8A3333 #5F8A33

square

#338A8A #5F338A #8A3333 #5F8A33

split-complementary

#338A8A #8A335F #8A5F33

monochromatic

#123131 #225D5D #338A8A #44B7B7 #6EC9C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#338A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#338A8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #338A8A

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##338A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##338A8A	1.00	4.08	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81838A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73798B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #338a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 138, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.082 195.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76acac',
    500: '#338a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #338a8a;
$custom-light: #76acac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#338a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 46.032,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58216,
    "c": 0.08171,
    "h": 195.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#338A8A

secondary

#B16767

accent

#5252D6

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #338A8A

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

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