#338E8D#338E8D

#338E8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.084 H 194.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#338E8D
RGB	rgb(51, 142, 141)
HSL	hsl(179, 47%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(179, 64%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 0%, 0.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.00, -26.53, -7.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.00, 27.55, 195.59°)
OKLab	oklab(59.35% -0.0819 -0.0205)
OKLCH	oklch(59.35% 0.084 194.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.8438, 21.9712, 28.6000)
Luminance	0.2197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#338E8D #8E3334

analogous

#338E60 #338E8D #33618E

triadic

#338E8D #8D338E #8E8D33

tetradic

#338E8D #60338E #8E3334 #618E33

square

#338E8D #60338E #8E3334 #618E33

split-complementary

#338E8D #8E3361 #8E6033

monochromatic

#133434 #236160 #338E8D #43BBBA #70CCCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#338E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#338E8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #338E8D

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##338E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##338E8D	1.00	3.89	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85878D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777D8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #338e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 142, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.084 194.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77afae',
    500: '#338e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #338e8d;
$custom-light: #77afae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#338e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.341,
    "s": 47.15,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59349,
    "c": 0.08446,
    "h": 194.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#338E8D

secondary

#B4696A

accent

#5153D7

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #338E8D

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

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