#438C8F#438C8F

#438C8F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.073 H 199.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438C8F
RGB	rgb(67, 140, 143)
HSL	hsl(182, 36%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(182, 53%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.1%, 2.1%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.95, -21.77, -8.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.95, 23.39, 201.48°)
OKLab	oklab(59.48% -0.0688 -0.0237)
OKLCH	oklch(59.48% 0.073 199)
XYZ	xyz(16.6487, 21.9311, 29.3370)
Luminance	0.2193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438C8F #8F4643

analogous

#438F6C #438C8F #43668F

triadic

#438C8F #8F438C #8C8F43

tetradic

#438C8F #6C438F #8F4643 #668F43

square

#438C8F #6C438F #8F4643 #668F43

split-complementary

#438C8F #8F4366 #8F6C43

monochromatic

#1C3A3C #2F6365 #438C8F #5CAFB3 #86C4C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#438C8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#438C8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438C8F

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438C8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438C8F	1.00	3.90	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83868F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777D8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#04908D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438c8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 140, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.073 199.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eaeaf',
    500: '#438c8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438c8f;
$custom-light: #7eaeaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438c8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.368,
    "s": 36.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59482,
    "c": 0.07277,
    "h": 199
  },
  "luminance": 0.21933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438C8F

secondary

#B17F7D

accent

#605CCC

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0A1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #438C8F

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

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