#338B78#338B78

#338B78 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.089 H 176.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#338B78
RGB	rgb(51, 139, 120)
HSL	hsl(167, 46%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(167, 63%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 0%, 13.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.42, -30.96, 2.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.42, 31.05, 175.50°)
OKLab	oklab(57.87% -0.0885 0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(57.87% 0.089 176.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.9864, 20.5236, 20.9900)
Luminance	0.2052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#338B78 #8B3346

analogous

#338B4C #338B78 #33728B

triadic

#338B78 #78338B #8B7833

tetradic

#338B78 #4C338B #8B3346 #728B33

square

#338B78 #4C338B #8B3346 #728B33

split-complementary

#338B78 #8B3372 #8B4C33

monochromatic

#12312B #235E51 #338B78 #43B89F #6ECAB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#338B78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#338B78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #338B78

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##338B78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##338B78	1.00	4.11	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868377

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797979

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #338b78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 139, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.089 176.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75ad9e',
    500: '#338b78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #338b78;
$custom-light: #75ad9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#338b78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.045,
    "s": 46.316,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57868,
    "c": 0.08872,
    "h": 176.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#338B78

secondary

#B26878

accent

#526ED6

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#09100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #338B78

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

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