#338E79#338E79

#338E79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.092 H 174.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#338E79
RGB	rgb(51, 142, 121)
HSL	hsl(166, 47%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(166, 64%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 0%, 14.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.42, -32.12, 3.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.42, 32.28, 174.14°)
OKLab	oklab(58.68% -0.0914 0.0082)
OKLCH	oklch(58.68% 0.092 174.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.4878, 21.4288, 21.4581)
Luminance	0.2143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#338E79 #8E3348

analogous

#338E4C #338E79 #33758E

triadic

#338E79 #79338E #8E7933

tetradic

#338E79 #4C338E #8E3348 #758E33

square

#338E79 #4C338E #8E3348 #758E33

split-complementary

#338E79 #8E3375 #8E4C33

monochromatic

#13342C #236153 #338E79 #43BB9F #70CCB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#338E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#338E79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #338E79

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##338E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##338E79	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)

#898578

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7C7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #338e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 142, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.092 174.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75af9f',
    500: '#338e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #338e79;
$custom-light: #75af9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#338e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.154,
    "s": 47.15,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58685,
    "c": 0.09177,
    "h": 174.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#338E79

secondary

#B4697A

accent

#5170D7

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EEF4F2

border

#C9CECC

text

#09100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #338E79

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

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