#438B88#438B88

#438B88 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.072 H 191.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438B88
RGB	rgb(67, 139, 136)
HSL	hsl(178, 35%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(178, 52%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.8%, 0%, 2.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.42, -23.22, -5.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.42, 23.81, 192.88°)
OKLab	oklab(58.98% -0.0708 -0.0147)
OKLCH	oklch(58.98% 0.072 191.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.9895, 21.4347, 26.5825)
Luminance	0.2144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438B88 #8B4346

analogous

#438B64 #438B88 #436A8B

triadic

#438B88 #88438B #8B8843

tetradic

#438B88 #64438B #8B4346 #6A8B43

square

#438B88 #64438B #8B4346 #6A8B43

split-complementary

#438B88 #8B436A #8B6443

monochromatic

#1B3837 #2F6260 #438B88 #5BB0AC #84C4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#438B88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#438B88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438B88

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438B88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438B88	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848588

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787C89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#138E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438b88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 139, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.072 191.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eadaa',
    500: '#438b88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438b88;
$custom-light: #7eadaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438b88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.5,
    "s": 34.951,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5898,
    "c": 0.0723,
    "h": 191.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438B88

secondary

#AF7B7D

accent

#5D61CB

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #438B88

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

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