#438B97#438B97

#438B97 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.074 H 209.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438B97
RGB	rgb(67, 139, 151)
HSL	hsl(189, 39%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(189, 56%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 7.9%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.91, -18.91, -13.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.91, 23.09, 215.03°)
OKLab	oklab(59.54% -0.0642 -0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(59.54% 0.074 209.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.1310, 21.8913, 32.5948)
Luminance	0.2189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438B97 #974F43

analogous

#439779 #438B97 #436197

triadic

#438B97 #97438B #8B9743

tetradic

#438B97 #794397 #974F43 #619743

square

#438B97 #794397 #974F43 #619743

split-complementary

#438B97 #974361 #977943

monochromatic

#1D3D42 #30646D #438B97 #5FABB8 #8AC2CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#438B97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#438B97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438B97

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438B97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438B97	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808698

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737D97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438b97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 139, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.074 209.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fadb5',
    500: '#438b97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438b97;
$custom-light: #7fadb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438b97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 38.532,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59537,
    "c": 0.07389,
    "h": 209.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438B97

secondary

#B68880

accent

#6A59CE

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #438B97

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

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