#338C9D#338C9D

#338C9D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.086 H 212.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#338C9D
RGB	rgb(51, 140, 157)
HSL	hsl(190, 51%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(190, 68%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 10.8%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.91, -20.60, -16.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.91, 26.56, 219.15°)
OKLab	oklab(59.46% -0.0727 -0.0466)
OKLCH	oklch(59.46% 0.086 212.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.8266, 21.8924, 35.2306)
Luminance	0.2189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#338C9D #9D4433

analogous

#339D79 #338C9D #33579D

triadic

#338C9D #9D338C #8C9D33

tetradic

#338C9D #79339D #9D4433 #579D33

square

#338C9D #79339D #9D4433 #579D33

split-complementary

#338C9D #9D3357 #9D7933

monochromatic

#153A41 #24636F #338C9D #49B0C4 #77C4D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#338C9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#338C9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #338C9D

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##338C9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##338C9D	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F879E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707C9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #338c9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 140, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.086 212.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78aeba',
    500: '#338c9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #338c9d;
$custom-light: #78aeba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#338c9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.623,
    "s": 50.962,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59462,
    "c": 0.08635,
    "h": 212.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#338C9D

secondary

#BB7C70

accent

#644DDA

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #338C9D

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →