#438C8B#438C8B

#438C8B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.073 H 194.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438C8B
RGB	rgb(67, 140, 139)
HSL	hsl(179, 35%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(179, 52%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 0%, 0.7%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.83, -22.90, -6.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.83, 23.79, 195.71°)
OKLab	oklab(59.34% -0.0706 -0.0178)
OKLCH	oklch(59.34% 0.073 194.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.3511, 21.8120, 27.7696)
Luminance	0.2181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438C8B #8C4344

analogous

#438C66 #438C8B #43688C

triadic

#438C8B #8B438C #8C8B43

tetradic

#438C8B #66438C #8C4344 #688C43

square

#438C8B #66438C #8C4344 #688C43

split-complementary

#438C8B #8C4368 #8C6643

monochromatic

#1B3939 #2F6362 #438C8B #5BB1B0 #85C5C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#438C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#438C8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438C8B

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438C8B	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84868B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787D8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0D908B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 140, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.073 194.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eaeac',
    500: '#438c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438c8b;
$custom-light: #7eaeac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.178,
    "s": 35.266,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59338,
    "c": 0.07283,
    "h": 194.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438C8B

secondary

#AF7B7C

accent

#5C5ECB

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0A1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #438C8B

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

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