#338E89#338E89

#338E89 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.085 H 190.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#338E89
RGB	rgb(51, 142, 137)
HSL	hsl(177, 47%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(177, 64%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 0%, 3.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.87, -27.70, -5.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.87, 28.20, 190.78°)
OKLab	oklab(59.21% -0.0838 -0.0147)
OKLCH	oklch(59.21% 0.085 190)
XYZ	xyz(15.5516, 21.8543, 27.0608)
Luminance	0.2186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#338E89 #8E3338

analogous

#338E5B #338E89 #33668E

triadic

#338E89 #89338E #8E8933

tetradic

#338E89 #5B338E #8E3338 #668E33

square

#338E89 #5B338E #8E3338 #668E33

split-complementary

#338E89 #8E3366 #8E5B33

monochromatic

#133432 #23615E #338E89 #43BBB4 #70CCC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#338E89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#338E89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #338E89

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##338E89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##338E89	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868789

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787C8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #338e89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 142, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.085 190.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77afab',
    500: '#338e89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #338e89;
$custom-light: #77afab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#338e89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.703,
    "s": 47.15,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59207,
    "c": 0.08505,
    "h": 190
  },
  "luminance": 0.21856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#338E89

secondary

#B4696D

accent

#5158D7

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #338E89

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

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