#338C8D#338C8D

#338C8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.083 H 196.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#338C8D
RGB	rgb(51, 140, 141)
HSL	hsl(181, 47%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(181, 64%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 0.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.36, -25.53, -8.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.36, 26.86, 198.10°)
OKLab	oklab(58.84% -0.0797 -0.0231)
OKLCH	oklch(58.84% 0.083 196.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.5489, 21.3814, 28.5017)
Luminance	0.2138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#338C8D #8D3433

analogous

#338D61 #338C8D #335F8D

triadic

#338C8D #8D338C #8C8D33

tetradic

#338C8D #61338D #8D3433 #5F8D33

square

#338C8D #61338D #8D3433 #5F8D33

split-complementary

#338C8D #8D335F #8D6133

monochromatic

#123333 #235F60 #338C8D #43B9BA #6FCACB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#338C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#338C8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #338C8D

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##338C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##338C8D	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)

#83858D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757B8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #338c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 140, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.083 196.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77aeae',
    500: '#338c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #338c8d;
$custom-light: #77aeae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#338c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.667,
    "s": 46.875,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58838,
    "c": 0.083,
    "h": 196.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#338C8D

secondary

#B36A69

accent

#5351D7

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #338C8D

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

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