#438D9B#438D9B

#438D9B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.076 H 211.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438D9B
RGB	rgb(67, 141, 155)
HSL	hsl(190, 40%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(190, 57%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.8%, 9%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.67, -18.78, -14.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.67, 23.68, 217.52°)
OKLab	oklab(60.19% -0.0648 -0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(60.19% 0.076 211.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.7536, 22.6079, 34.4322)
Luminance	0.2261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438D9B #9B5143

analogous

#439B7D #438D9B #43619B

triadic

#438D9B #9B438D #8D9B43

tetradic

#438D9B #7D439B #9B5143 #619B43

square

#438D9B #7D439B #9B5143 #619B43

split-complementary

#438D9B #9B4361 #9B7D43

monochromatic

#1E3F46 #316670 #438D9B #61ACBB #8BC3CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#438D9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#438D9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438D9B

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438D9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438D9B	1.00	3.80	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82899C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747E9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438d9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 141, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.076 211.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7faeb8',
    500: '#438d9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438d9b;
$custom-light: #7faeb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438d9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.545,
    "s": 39.64,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60188,
    "c": 0.0761,
    "h": 211.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438D9B

secondary

#B88A82

accent

#6B58D0

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #438D9B

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

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