#338E9A#338E9A

#338E9A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.086 H 207.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#338E9A
RGB	rgb(51, 142, 154)
HSL	hsl(187, 50%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(187, 67%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.9%, 7.8%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.43, -22.59, -14.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.43, 26.71, 212.25°)
OKLab	oklab(59.84% -0.0761 -0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(59.84% 0.086 207.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.8685, 22.3810, 33.9966)
Luminance	0.2238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#338E9A #9A3F33

analogous

#339A72 #338E9A #335B9A

triadic

#338E9A #9A338E #8E9A33

tetradic

#338E9A #72339A #9A3F33 #5B9A33

square

#338E9A #72339A #9A3F33 #5B9A33

split-complementary

#338E9A #9A335B #9A7233

monochromatic

#15393E #24646C #338E9A #48B4C2 #76C7D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#338E9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#338E9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #338E9A

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##338E9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##338E9A	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82899B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737D9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #338e9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 142, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.086 207.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78afb7',
    500: '#338e9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #338e9a;
$custom-light: #78afb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#338e9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.99,
    "s": 50.244,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59842,
    "c": 0.08579,
    "h": 207.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#338E9A

secondary

#BA786F

accent

#5E4EDA

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #338E9A

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

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