#438D8A#438D8A

#438D8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.074 H 191.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438D8A
RGB	rgb(67, 141, 138)
HSL	hsl(178, 36%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(178, 52%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.5%, 0%, 2.1%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.11, -23.69, -5.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.11, 24.31, 192.95°)
OKLab	oklab(59.55% -0.0722 -0.0151)
OKLCH	oklch(59.55% 0.074 191.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.4252, 22.0765, 27.4354)
Luminance	0.2208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438D8A #8D4346

analogous

#438D65 #438D8A #436B8D

triadic

#438D8A #8A438D #8D8A43

tetradic

#438D8A #65438D #8D4346 #6B8D43

square

#438D8A #65438D #8D4346 #6B8D43

split-complementary

#438D8A #8D436B #8D6543

monochromatic

#1C3A39 #2F6461 #438D8A #5CB1AE #85C5C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#438D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#438D8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438D8A

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438D8A	1.00	3.88	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86878A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797E8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0F918C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 141, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.074 191.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eaeac',
    500: '#438d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438d8a;
$custom-light: #7eaeac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.568,
    "s": 35.577,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59554,
    "c": 0.07382,
    "h": 191.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438D8A

secondary

#B07C7E

accent

#5C61CC

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0A1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #438D8A

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

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