#438C7E#438C7E

#438C7E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.077 H 179.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438C7E
RGB	rgb(67, 140, 126)
HSL	hsl(168, 35%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(168, 52%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 0%, 10%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.44, -26.41, 0.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.44, 26.41, 178.89°)
OKLab	oklab(58.9% -0.0766 0.0009)
OKLCH	oklch(58.9% 0.077 179.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.4571, 21.4545, 23.0612)
Luminance	0.2146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438C7E #8C4351

analogous

#438C59 #438C7E #43758C

triadic

#438C7E #7E438C #8C7E43

tetradic

#438C7E #59438C #8C4351 #758C43

square

#438C7E #59438C #8C4351 #758C43

split-complementary

#438C7E #8C4375 #8C5943

monochromatic

#1B3933 #2F6359 #438C7E #5BB1A0 #85C5B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#438C7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#438C7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438C7E

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438C7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438C7E	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)

#87857D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7C7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E8E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438c7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 140, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.077 179.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7daea3',
    500: '#438c7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438c7e;
$custom-light: #7daea3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438c7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.493,
    "s": 35.266,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58901,
    "c": 0.07664,
    "h": 179.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438C7E

secondary

#AF7B85

accent

#5C72CB

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F3

border

#C9CECD

text

#0A100F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #438C7E

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

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