#338A8D#338A8D

#338A8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.082 H 198.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#338A8D
RGB	rgb(51, 138, 141)
HSL	hsl(182, 47%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(182, 64%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 2.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.73, -24.51, -9.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.73, 26.21, 200.76°)
OKLab	oklab(58.33% -0.0775 -0.0257)
OKLCH	oklch(58.33% 0.082 198.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.2594, 20.8022, 28.4052)
Luminance	0.2080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#338A8D #8D3633

analogous

#338D63 #338A8D #335D8D

triadic

#338A8D #8D338A #8A8D33

tetradic

#338A8D #63338D #8D3633 #5D8D33

square

#338A8D #63338D #8D3633 #5D8D33

split-complementary

#338A8D #8D335D #8D6333

monochromatic

#123233 #235E60 #338A8D #43B6BA #6FC8CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#338A8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#338A8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #338A8D

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##338A8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##338A8D	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81848D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73798E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #338a8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 138, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.082 198.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76acae',
    500: '#338a8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #338a8d;
$custom-light: #76acae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#338a8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182,
    "s": 46.875,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58326,
    "c": 0.08166,
    "h": 198.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#338A8D

secondary

#B36B69

accent

#5651D7

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #338A8D

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →