#338C8F#338C8F

#338C8F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.083 H 198.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#338C8F
RGB	rgb(51, 140, 143)
HSL	hsl(182, 47%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(182, 64%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 2.1%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.43, -24.93, -9.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.43, 26.64, 200.67°)
OKLab	oklab(58.91% -0.0788 -0.0261)
OKLCH	oklch(58.91% 0.083 198.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.6991, 21.4414, 29.2925)
Luminance	0.2144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#338C8F #8F3633

analogous

#338F64 #338C8F #335E8F

triadic

#338C8F #8F338C #8C8F33

tetradic

#338C8F #64338F #8F3633 #5E8F33

square

#338C8F #64338F #8F3633 #5E8F33

split-complementary

#338C8F #8F335E #8F6433

monochromatic

#133435 #236062 #338C8F #43B8BC #70C9CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#338C8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#338C8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #338C8F

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##338C8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##338C8F	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)

#82868F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747B90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #338c8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 140, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.083 198.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77aeaf',
    500: '#338c8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #338c8f;
$custom-light: #77aeaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#338c8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.957,
    "s": 47.423,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58912,
    "c": 0.08301,
    "h": 198.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#338C8F

secondary

#B46C6A

accent

#5551D7

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #338C8F

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

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