#338B8A#338B8A

#338B8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.082 H 194.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#338B8A
RGB	rgb(51, 139, 138)
HSL	hsl(179, 46%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(179, 63%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 0%, 0.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.95, -25.91, -7.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.95, 26.90, 195.57°)
OKLab	oklab(58.47% -0.08 -0.02)
OKLCH	oklch(58.47% 0.082 194.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.1833, 21.0024, 27.2935)
Luminance	0.2100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#338B8A #8B3334

analogous

#338B5E #338B8A #33608B

triadic

#338B8A #8A338B #8B8A33

tetradic

#338B8A #5E338B #8B3334 #608B33

square

#338B8A #5E338B #8B3334 #608B33

split-complementary

#338B8A #8B3360 #8B5E33

monochromatic

#123131 #235E5E #338B8A #43B8B6 #6ECAC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#338B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#338B8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #338B8A

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##338B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##338B8A	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82848A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757A8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #338b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 139, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.082 194.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76adac',
    500: '#338b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #338b8a;
$custom-light: #76adac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#338b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.318,
    "s": 46.316,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58472,
    "c": 0.08245,
    "h": 194.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#338B8A

secondary

#B26869

accent

#5253D6

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #338B8A

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

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