#338B86#338B86

#338B86 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.083 H 189.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#338B86
RGB	rgb(51, 139, 134)
HSL	hsl(177, 46%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(177, 63%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 0%, 3.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.83, -27.08, -5.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.83, 27.55, 190.64°)
OKLab	oklab(58.33% -0.0818 -0.0142)
OKLCH	oklch(58.33% 0.083 189.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.8990, 20.8887, 25.7964)
Luminance	0.2089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#338B86 #8B3338

analogous

#338B5A #338B86 #33648B

triadic

#338B86 #86338B #8B8633

tetradic

#338B86 #5A338B #8B3338 #648B33

square

#338B86 #5A338B #8B3338 #648B33

split-complementary

#338B86 #8B3364 #8B5A33

monochromatic

#123130 #235E5B #338B86 #43B8B1 #6ECAC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#338B86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#338B86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #338B86

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##338B86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##338B86	1.00	4.06	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838486

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767A87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #338b86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 139, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.083 189.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76ada9',
    500: '#338b86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #338b86;
$custom-light: #76ada9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#338b86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.591,
    "s": 46.316,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5833,
    "c": 0.08306,
    "h": 189.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#338B86

secondary

#B2686C

accent

#5259D6

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #338B86

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

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