#338B99#338B99

#338B99 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.085 H 209.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#338B99
RGB	rgb(51, 139, 153)
HSL	hsl(188, 50%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(188, 67%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 9.2%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.46, -21.34, -15.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.46, 26.17, 215.37°)
OKLab	oklab(59.05% -0.0733 -0.0421)
OKLCH	oklch(59.05% 0.085 209.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.3452, 21.4672, 33.4130)
Luminance	0.2147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#338B99 #994133

analogous

#339974 #338B99 #335899

triadic

#338B99 #99338B #8B9933

tetradic

#338B99 #743399 #994133 #589933

square

#338B99 #743399 #994133 #589933

split-complementary

#338B99 #993358 #997433

monochromatic

#14383D #24616B #338B99 #47B1C2 #75C5D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#338B99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#338B99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #338B99

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##338B99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##338B99	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F869A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707B99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #338b99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 139, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.085 209.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78adb7',
    500: '#338b99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #338b99;
$custom-light: #78adb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#338b99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.235,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59047,
    "c": 0.08453,
    "h": 209.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#338B99

secondary

#B9796E

accent

#614EDA

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #338B99

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

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