#438E72#438E72

#438E72 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.087 H 166.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438E72
RGB	rgb(67, 142, 114)
HSL	hsl(158, 36%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(158, 53%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.8%, 0%, 19.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.76, -30.36, 7.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.76, 31.37, 165.43°)
OKLab	oklab(59.06% -0.0848 0.0202)
OKLCH	oklch(59.06% 0.087 166.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.0236, 21.7529, 19.3233)
Luminance	0.2175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438E72 #8E435F

analogous

#438E4C #438E72 #43848E

triadic

#438E72 #72438E #8E7243

tetradic

#438E72 #4C438E #8E435F #848E43

square

#438E72 #4C438E #8E435F #848E43

split-complementary

#438E72 #8E4384 #8E4C43

monochromatic

#1C3B2F #2F6451 #438E72 #5CB292 #86C6AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#438E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#438E72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438E72

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438E72	1.00	3.92	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8571

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807D74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#268E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 142, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.087 166.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7daf9a',
    500: '#438e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438e72;
$custom-light: #7daf9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.6,
    "s": 35.885,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59057,
    "c": 0.08718,
    "h": 166.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438E72

secondary

#B17C90

accent

#5C86CC

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EEF4F2

border

#C9CECC

text

#0A100E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #438E72

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

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