#338B85#338B85

#338B85 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.083 H 188.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#338B85
RGB	rgb(51, 139, 133)
HSL	hsl(176, 46%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(176, 63%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 0%, 4.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.80, -27.36, -4.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.80, 27.74, 189.45°)
OKLab	oklab(58.29% -0.0823 -0.0128)
OKLCH	oklch(58.29% 0.083 188.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.8296, 20.8609, 25.4308)
Luminance	0.2086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#338B85 #8B3339

analogous

#338B59 #338B85 #33658B

triadic

#338B85 #85338B #8B8533

tetradic

#338B85 #59338B #8B3339 #658B33

square

#338B85 #59338B #8B3339 #658B33

split-complementary

#338B85 #8B3365 #8B5933

monochromatic

#12312F #235E5A #338B85 #43B8B0 #6ECAC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#338B85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#338B85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #338B85

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##338B85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##338B85	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838485

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767A86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #338b85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 139, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.083 188.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76ada8',
    500: '#338b85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #338b85;
$custom-light: #76ada8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#338b85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.909,
    "s": 46.316,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58295,
    "c": 0.08328,
    "h": 188.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#338B85

secondary

#B2686D

accent

#525BD6

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #338B85

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

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