#338D8F#338D8F

#338D8F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.084 H 197.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#338D8F
RGB	rgb(51, 141, 143)
HSL	hsl(181, 47%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(181, 64%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 1.4%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.74, -25.44, -8.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.74, 26.96, 199.35°)
OKLab	oklab(59.17% -0.0799 -0.0248)
OKLCH	oklch(59.17% 0.084 197.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.8459, 21.7350, 29.3414)
Luminance	0.2174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#338D8F #8F3533

analogous

#338F63 #338D8F #335F8F

triadic

#338D8F #8F338D #8D8F33

tetradic

#338D8F #63338F #8F3533 #5F8F33

square

#338D8F #63338F #8F3533 #5F8F33

split-complementary

#338D8F #8F335F #8F6333

monochromatic

#133435 #236162 #338D8F #43B9BC #70CACC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#338D8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#338D8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #338D8F

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##338D8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##338D8F	1.00	3.93	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84878F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757C90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #338d8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 141, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.084 197.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77aeaf',
    500: '#338d8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #338d8f;
$custom-light: #77aeaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#338d8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.304,
    "s": 47.423,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59167,
    "c": 0.08366,
    "h": 197.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#338D8F

secondary

#B46B6A

accent

#5451D7

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #338D8F

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

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