#338E99#338E99

#338E99 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.086 H 206.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#338E99
RGB	rgb(51, 142, 153)
HSL	hsl(186, 50%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(186, 67%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 7.2%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.39, -22.90, -13.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.39, 26.70, 210.94°)
OKLab	oklab(59.8% -0.0766 -0.0381)
OKLCH	oklch(59.8% 0.086 206.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.7856, 22.3479, 33.5598)
Luminance	0.2235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#338E99 #993E33

analogous

#339971 #338E99 #335B99

triadic

#338E99 #99338E #8E9933

tetradic

#338E99 #713399 #993E33 #5B9933

square

#338E99 #713399 #993E33 #5B9933

split-complementary

#338E99 #99335B #997133

monochromatic

#14393D #24636B #338E99 #47B5C2 #75C7D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#338E99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#338E99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #338E99

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##338E99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##338E99	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82889A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737D99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #338e99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 142, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.086 206.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78afb7',
    500: '#338e99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #338e99;
$custom-light: #78afb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#338e99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.471,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59803,
    "c": 0.08551,
    "h": 206.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#338E99

secondary

#B9776E

accent

#5D4EDA

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #338E99

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

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