#438B8A#438B8A

#438B8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.072 H 194.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438B8A
RGB	rgb(67, 139, 138)
HSL	hsl(179, 35%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(179, 52%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.8%, 0%, 0.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.48, -22.66, -6.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.48, 23.54, 195.71°)
OKLab	oklab(59.05% -0.0699 -0.0176)
OKLCH	oklch(59.05% 0.072 194.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.1329, 21.4920, 27.3380)
Luminance	0.2149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438B8A #8B4344

analogous

#438B66 #438B8A #43688B

triadic

#438B8A #8A438B #8B8A43

tetradic

#438B8A #66438B #8B4344 #688B43

square

#438B8A #66438B #8B4344 #688B43

split-complementary

#438B8A #8B4368 #8B6643

monochromatic

#1B3838 #2F6261 #438B8A #5BB0AF #84C4C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#438B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#438B8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438B8A

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438B8A	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83858A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777C8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#108F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 139, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.072 194.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eadac',
    500: '#438b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438b8a;
$custom-light: #7eadac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.167,
    "s": 34.951,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59051,
    "c": 0.07206,
    "h": 194.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438B8A

secondary

#AF7B7C

accent

#5D5ECB

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0A1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #438B8A

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

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