#338D9B#338D9B

#338D9B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.086 H 209.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#338D9B
RGB	rgb(51, 141, 155)
HSL	hsl(188, 50%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(188, 67%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 9%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.15, -21.75, -15.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.15, 26.57, 215.03°)
OKLab	oklab(59.63% -0.0746 -0.0423)
OKLCH	oklch(59.63% 0.086 209.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.8040, 22.1183, 34.3876)
Luminance	0.2212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#338D9B #9B4133

analogous

#339B75 #338D9B #33599B

triadic

#338D9B #9B338D #8D9B33

tetradic

#338D9B #75339B #9B4133 #599B33

square

#338D9B #75339B #9B4133 #599B33

split-complementary

#338D9B #9B3359 #9B7533

monochromatic

#15393F #24636D #338D9B #48B2C3 #76C6D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#338D9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#338D9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #338D9B

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##338D9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##338D9B	1.00	3.87	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81889C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717D9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #338d9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 141, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.086 209.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78aeb8',
    500: '#338d9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #338d9b;
$custom-light: #78aeb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#338d9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.077,
    "s": 50.485,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59631,
    "c": 0.0858,
    "h": 209.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#338D9B

secondary

#BA796F

accent

#614EDA

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #338D9B

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

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