#438A8A#438A8A

#438A8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.071 H 195.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438A8A
RGB	rgb(67, 138, 138)
HSL	hsl(180, 35%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(180, 51%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.4%, 0%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.17, -22.14, -6.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.17, 23.17, 197.16°)
OKLab	oklab(58.8% -0.0687 -0.0189)
OKLCH	oklch(58.8% 0.071 195.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.9888, 21.2038, 27.2900)
Luminance	0.2120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438A8A #8A4343

analogous

#438A66 #438A8A #43668A

triadic

#438A8A #8A438A #8A8A43

tetradic

#438A8A #66438A #8A4343 #668A43

square

#438A8A #66438A #8A4343 #668A43

split-complementary

#438A8A #8A4366 #8A6643

monochromatic

#1B3838 #2F6161 #438A8A #5BAFAF #84C3C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#438A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#438A8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438A8A

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438A8A	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82848A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767B8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#118E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 138, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.071 195.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eacac',
    500: '#438a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438a8a;
$custom-light: #7eacac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 34.634,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58799,
    "c": 0.07123,
    "h": 195.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438A8A

secondary

#AE7B7B

accent

#5D5DCB

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #438A8A

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

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