#339E8B#339E8B

#339E8B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.100 H 178.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#339E8B
RGB	rgb(51, 158, 139)
HSL	hsl(169, 51%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(169, 68%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 0%, 12%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.99, -34.79, 1.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.99, 34.81, 178.19°)
OKLab	oklab(63.39% -0.1002 0.0024)
OKLCH	oklch(63.39% 0.1 178.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.2501, 27.0196, 28.6746)
Luminance	0.2702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#339E8B #9E3346

analogous

#339E55 #339E8B #337B9E

triadic

#339E8B #8B339E #9E8B33

tetradic

#339E8B #55339E #9E3346 #7B9E33

square

#339E8B #55339E #9E3346 #7B9E33

split-complementary

#339E8B #9E337B #9E5533

monochromatic

#15413A #247062 #339E8B #4AC4AF #78D3C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#339E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#339E8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #339E8B

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##339E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##339E8B	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98948A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88898D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #339e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 158, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.100 178.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79bbac',
    500: '#339e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #339e8b;
$custom-light: #79bbac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#339e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.346,
    "s": 51.196,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63389,
    "c": 0.10024,
    "h": 178.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#339E8B

secondary

#BC717E

accent

#4D66DB

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #339E8B

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

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