#438C8D#438C8D

#438C8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.073 H 196.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438C8D
RGB	rgb(67, 140, 141)
HSL	hsl(181, 36%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(181, 52%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.5%, 0.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.89, -22.33, -7.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.89, 23.56, 198.57°)
OKLab	oklab(59.41% -0.0697 -0.0207)
OKLCH	oklch(59.41% 0.073 196.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.4986, 21.8710, 28.5462)
Luminance	0.2187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438C8D #8D4443

analogous

#438D69 #438C8D #43678D

triadic

#438C8D #8D438C #8C8D43

tetradic

#438C8D #69438D #8D4443 #678D43

square

#438C8D #69438D #8D4443 #678D43

split-complementary

#438C8D #8D4367 #8D6943

monochromatic

#1C3A3A #2F6364 #438C8D #5CB0B1 #85C4C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#438C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#438C8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438C8D

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438C8D	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84868D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777D8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#09908C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 140, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.073 196.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eaeae',
    500: '#438c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438c8d;
$custom-light: #7eaeae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.811,
    "s": 35.577,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59409,
    "c": 0.07273,
    "h": 196.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438C8D

secondary

#B07C7C

accent

#5E5CCC

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0A1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #438C8D

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

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