#338F9B#338F9B

#338F9B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.086 H 207.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#338F9B
RGB	rgb(51, 143, 155)
HSL	hsl(187, 50%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(187, 67%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 7.7%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.78, -22.80, -14.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.78, 26.91, 212.11°)
OKLab	oklab(60.13% -0.0768 -0.0397)
OKLCH	oklch(60.13% 0.086 207.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.1016, 22.7134, 34.4868)
Luminance	0.2271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#338F9B #9B3F33

analogous

#339B73 #338F9B #335B9B

triadic

#338F9B #9B338F #8F9B33

tetradic

#338F9B #73339B #9B3F33 #5B9B33

square

#338F9B #73339B #9B3F33 #5B9B33

split-complementary

#338F9B #9B335B #9B7333

monochromatic

#153A3F #24656D #338F9B #48B5C3 #76C7D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#338F9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#338F9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #338F9B

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##338F9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##338F9B	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838A9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747E9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009593

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #338f9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 143, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.086 207.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b0b8',
    500: '#338f9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #338f9b;
$custom-light: #78b0b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#338f9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.923,
    "s": 50.485,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60133,
    "c": 0.08642,
    "h": 207.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#338F9B

secondary

#BA786F

accent

#5E4EDA

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #338F9B

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

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