#338F8D#338F8D

#338F8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.085 H 193.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#338F8D
RGB	rgb(51, 143, 141)
HSL	hsl(179, 47%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(179, 64%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 0%, 1.4%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.31, -27.03, -6.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.31, 27.91, 194.38°)
OKLab	oklab(59.61% -0.083 -0.0193)
OKLCH	oklch(59.61% 0.085 193.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.9933, 22.2701, 28.6498)
Luminance	0.2227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#338F8D #8F3335

analogous

#338F5F #338F8D #33638F

triadic

#338F8D #8D338F #8F8D33

tetradic

#338F8D #5F338F #8F3335 #638F33

square

#338F8D #5F338F #8F3335 #638F33

split-complementary

#338F8D #8F3363 #8F5F33

monochromatic

#133534 #236261 #338F8D #43BCB9 #70CCCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#338F8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#338F8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #338F8D

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##338F8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##338F8D	1.00	3.85	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86888D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787D8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00938E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #338f8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 143, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.085 193.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b0ae',
    500: '#338f8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #338f8d;
$custom-light: #77b0ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#338f8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.696,
    "s": 47.423,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59605,
    "c": 0.08523,
    "h": 193.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#338F8D

secondary

#B46A6B

accent

#5154D7

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF5F4

border

#C9CFCE

text

#0A1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #338F8D

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

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