#438C83#438C83

#438C83 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.075 H 184.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438C83
RGB	rgb(67, 140, 131)
HSL	hsl(173, 35%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(173, 52%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 0%, 6.4%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.59, -25.09, -2.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.59, 25.18, 184.94°)
OKLab	oklab(59.06% -0.0743 -0.0062)
OKLCH	oklch(59.06% 0.075 184.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.7878, 21.5867, 24.8030)
Luminance	0.2159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438C83 #8C434C

analogous

#438C5E #438C83 #43708C

triadic

#438C83 #83438C #8C8343

tetradic

#438C83 #5E438C #8C434C #708C43

square

#438C83 #5E438C #8C434C #708C43

split-complementary

#438C83 #8C4370 #8C5E43

monochromatic

#1B3936 #2F635C #438C83 #5BB1A6 #85C5BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#438C83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#438C83 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438C83

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438C83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438C83	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868583

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7C84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#198F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438c83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 140, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.075 184.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7daea7',
    500: '#438c83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438c83;
$custom-light: #7daea7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438c83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.603,
    "s": 35.266,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59063,
    "c": 0.07454,
    "h": 184.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438C83

secondary

#AF7B82

accent

#5C6ACB

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A100F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #438C83

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

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