#338B88#338B88

#338B88 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.083 H 192.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#338B88
RGB	rgb(51, 139, 136)
HSL	hsl(178, 46%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(178, 63%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 0%, 2.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.89, -26.50, -6.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.89, 27.20, 193.08°)
OKLab	oklab(58.4% -0.0809 -0.0171)
OKLCH	oklch(58.4% 0.083 192)
XYZ	xyz(15.0398, 20.9450, 26.5380)
Luminance	0.2095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#338B88 #8B3336

analogous

#338B5C #338B88 #33628B

triadic

#338B88 #88338B #8B8833

tetradic

#338B88 #5C338B #8B3336 #628B33

square

#338B88 #5C338B #8B3336 #628B33

split-complementary

#338B88 #8B3362 #8B5C33

monochromatic

#123130 #235E5C #338B88 #43B8B4 #6ECAC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#338B88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#338B88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #338B88

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##338B88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##338B88	1.00	4.05	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838488

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757A89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #338b88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 139, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.083 192.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76adaa',
    500: '#338b88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #338b88;
$custom-light: #76adaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#338b88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.955,
    "s": 46.316,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.584,
    "c": 0.08269,
    "h": 192
  },
  "luminance": 0.20947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#338B88

secondary

#B2686A

accent

#5256D6

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #338B88

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

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