#338E9F#338E9F

#338E9F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.088 H 212.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#338E9F
RGB	rgb(51, 142, 159)
HSL	hsl(189, 51%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(189, 68%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 10.7%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.61, -21.01, -16.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.61, 26.94, 218.74°)
OKLab	oklab(60.04% -0.074 -0.0469)
OKLCH	oklch(60.04% 0.088 212.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.2936, 22.5511, 36.2356)
Luminance	0.2255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#338E9F #9F4433

analogous

#339F7A #338E9F #33589F

triadic

#338E9F #9F338E #8E9F33

tetradic

#338E9F #7A339F #9F4433 #589F33

square

#338E9F #7A339F #9F4433 #589F33

split-complementary

#338E9F #9F3358 #9F7A33

monochromatic

#153B42 #246571 #338E9F #4AB2C5 #79C5D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#338E9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#338E9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #338E9F

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##338E9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##338E9F	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8189A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717E9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009593

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #338e9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 142, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.088 212.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79afbb',
    500: '#338e9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #338e9f;
$custom-light: #79afbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#338e9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.444,
    "s": 51.429,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60044,
    "c": 0.08759,
    "h": 212.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#338E9F

secondary

#BC7D71

accent

#634DDB

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #338E9F

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

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