#338B87#338B87

#338B87 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.083 H 190.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#338B87
RGB	rgb(51, 139, 135)
HSL	hsl(177, 46%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(177, 63%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 0%, 2.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.86, -26.79, -5.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.86, 27.37, 191.85°)
OKLab	oklab(58.37% -0.0814 -0.0157)
OKLCH	oklch(58.37% 0.083 190.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.9691, 20.9167, 26.1654)
Luminance	0.2092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#338B87 #8B3337

analogous

#338B5B #338B87 #33638B

triadic

#338B87 #87338B #8B8733

tetradic

#338B87 #5B338B #8B3337 #638B33

square

#338B87 #5B338B #8B3337 #638B33

split-complementary

#338B87 #8B3363 #8B5B33

monochromatic

#123130 #235E5C #338B87 #43B8B2 #6ECAC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#338B87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#338B87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #338B87

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##338B87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##338B87	1.00	4.05	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.05	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)

#838487

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757A88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #338b87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 139, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.083 190.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76ada9',
    500: '#338b87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #338b87;
$custom-light: #76ada9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#338b87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.273,
    "s": 46.316,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58365,
    "c": 0.08287,
    "h": 190.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#338B87

secondary

#B2686B

accent

#5258D6

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #338B87

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

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