#338B97#338B97

#338B97 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.084 H 207.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#338B97
RGB	rgb(51, 139, 151)
HSL	hsl(187, 50%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(187, 66%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 7.9%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.39, -21.96, -14.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.39, 26.10, 212.70°)
OKLab	oklab(58.97% -0.0742 -0.0391)
OKLCH	oklch(58.97% 0.084 207.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.1814, 21.4016, 32.5503)
Luminance	0.2140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#338B97 #973F33

analogous

#339771 #338B97 #335997

triadic

#338B97 #97338B #8B9733

tetradic

#338B97 #713397 #973F33 #599733

square

#338B97 #713397 #973F33 #599733

split-complementary

#338B97 #973359 #977133

monochromatic

#14373C #246169 #338B97 #47B2C1 #74C5D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#338B97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#338B97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #338B97

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##338B97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##338B97	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8698

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717B97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #338b97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 139, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.084 207.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78adb5',
    500: '#338b97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #338b97;
$custom-light: #78adb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#338b97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.2,
    "s": 49.505,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58967,
    "c": 0.08386,
    "h": 207.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#338B97

secondary

#B8766D

accent

#5F4FD9

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #338B97

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

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