#338D8A#338D8A

#338D8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.084 H 192.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#338D8A
RGB	rgb(51, 141, 138)
HSL	hsl(178, 47%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(178, 64%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.8%, 0%, 2.1%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.59, -26.91, -6.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.59, 27.64, 193.13°)
OKLab	oklab(58.99% -0.0822 -0.0175)
OKLCH	oklch(58.99% 0.084 192)
XYZ	xyz(15.4755, 21.5869, 27.3909)
Luminance	0.2159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#338D8A #8D3336

analogous

#338D5D #338D8A #33638D

triadic

#338D8A #8A338D #8D8A33

tetradic

#338D8A #5D338D #8D3336 #638D33

square

#338D8A #5D338D #8D3336 #638D33

split-complementary

#338D8A #8D3363 #8D5D33

monochromatic

#123332 #23605E #338D8A #43BAB6 #6FCBC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#338D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#338D8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #338D8A

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##338D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##338D8A	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85868A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777C8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #338d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 141, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.084 192.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77aeac',
    500: '#338d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #338d8a;
$custom-light: #77aeac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#338d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178,
    "s": 46.875,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58985,
    "c": 0.08404,
    "h": 192
  },
  "luminance": 0.21589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#338D8A

secondary

#B3696B

accent

#5156D7

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #338D8A

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

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