#438D8D#438D8D

#438D8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.074 H 195.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438D8D
RGB	rgb(67, 141, 141)
HSL	hsl(180, 36%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(180, 52%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.5%, 0%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.20, -22.85, -7.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.20, 23.91, 197.13°)
OKLab	oklab(59.66% -0.0709 -0.0195)
OKLCH	oklch(59.66% 0.074 195.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.6453, 22.1646, 28.5951)
Luminance	0.2217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438D8D #8D4343

analogous

#438D68 #438D8D #43688D

triadic

#438D8D #8D438D #8D8D43

tetradic

#438D8D #68438D #8D4343 #688D43

square

#438D8D #68438D #8D4343 #688D43

split-complementary

#438D8D #8D4368 #8D6843

monochromatic

#1C3A3A #2F6464 #438D8D #5CB1B1 #85C5C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#438D8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#438D8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438D8D

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438D8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438D8D	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85878D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787E8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#08918D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438d8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 141, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.074 195.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eaeae',
    500: '#438d8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438d8d;
$custom-light: #7eaeae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438d8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 35.577,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5966,
    "c": 0.07352,
    "h": 195.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438D8D

secondary

#B07C7C

accent

#5C5CCC

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0A1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #438D8D

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

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