#338C8B#338C8B

#338C8B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.083 H 194.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#338C8B
RGB	rgb(51, 140, 139)
HSL	hsl(179, 47%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(179, 64%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 0%, 0.7%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.30, -26.12, -7.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.30, 27.11, 195.58°)
OKLab	oklab(58.77% -0.0806 -0.0202)
OKLCH	oklch(58.77% 0.083 194.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.4015, 21.3224, 27.7250)
Luminance	0.2132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#338C8B #8C3334

analogous

#338C5F #338C8B #33608C

triadic

#338C8B #8B338C #8C8B33

tetradic

#338C8B #5F338C #8C3334 #608C33

square

#338C8B #5F338C #8C3334 #608C33

split-complementary

#338C8B #8C3360 #8C5F33

monochromatic

#123232 #235F5E #338C8B #43B9B8 #6FCBC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#338C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#338C8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #338C8B

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##338C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##338C8B	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)

#83858B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757B8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #338c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 140, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.083 194.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76aeac',
    500: '#338c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #338c8b;
$custom-light: #76aeac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#338c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.326,
    "s": 46.597,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58765,
    "c": 0.08313,
    "h": 194.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#338C8B

secondary

#B26869

accent

#5253D6

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #338C8B

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

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