#338E8A#338E8A

#338E8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.085 H 191.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#338E8A
RGB	rgb(51, 142, 138)
HSL	hsl(177, 47%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(177, 64%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 0%, 2.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.90, -27.41, -5.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.90, 28.02, 191.96°)
OKLab	oklab(59.24% -0.0833 -0.0162)
OKLCH	oklch(59.24% 0.085 191)
XYZ	xyz(15.6236, 21.8831, 27.4403)
Luminance	0.2188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#338E8A #8E3337

analogous

#338E5D #338E8A #33648E

triadic

#338E8A #8A338E #8E8A33

tetradic

#338E8A #5D338E #8E3337 #648E33

square

#338E8A #5D338E #8E3337 #648E33

split-complementary

#338E8A #8E3364 #8E5D33

monochromatic

#133432 #23615E #338E8A #43BBB6 #70CCC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#338E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#338E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #338E8A

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##338E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##338E8A	1.00	3.91	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86878A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787C8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #338e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 142, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.085 191.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77afac',
    500: '#338e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #338e8a;
$custom-light: #77afac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#338e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.363,
    "s": 47.15,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59242,
    "c": 0.08486,
    "h": 191
  },
  "luminance": 0.21885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#338E8A

secondary

#B4696D

accent

#5157D7

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #338E8A

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

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