#338C8A#338C8A

#338C8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.083 H 193.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#338C8A
RGB	rgb(51, 140, 138)
HSL	hsl(179, 47%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(179, 64%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 0%, 1.4%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.27, -26.41, -6.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.27, 27.26, 194.33°)
OKLab	oklab(58.73% -0.0811 -0.0188)
OKLCH	oklch(58.73% 0.083 193)
XYZ	xyz(15.3287, 21.2933, 27.3420)
Luminance	0.2130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#338C8A #8C3335

analogous

#338C5E #338C8A #33618C

triadic

#338C8A #8A338C #8C8A33

tetradic

#338C8A #5E338C #8C3335 #618C33

square

#338C8A #5E338C #8C3335 #618C33

split-complementary

#338C8A #8C3361 #8C5E33

monochromatic

#123232 #235F5E #338C8A #43B9B6 #6FCBC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#338C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#338C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #338C8A

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##338C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##338C8A	1.00	3.99	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84858A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767B8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #338c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 140, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.083 193.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76aeac',
    500: '#338c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #338c8a;
$custom-light: #76aeac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#338c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.652,
    "s": 46.597,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58729,
    "c": 0.08323,
    "h": 193
  },
  "luminance": 0.21295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#338C8A

secondary

#B2686A

accent

#5255D6

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #338C8A

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

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