#438E78#438E78

#438E78 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.083 H 171.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438E78
RGB	rgb(67, 142, 120)
HSL	hsl(162, 36%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(162, 53%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.8%, 0%, 15.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.91, -28.91, 4.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.91, 29.28, 170.85°)
OKLab	oklab(59.23% -0.0819 0.0119)
OKLCH	oklch(59.23% 0.083 171.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.3764, 21.8940, 21.1813)
Luminance	0.2190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438E78 #8E4359

analogous

#438E52 #438E78 #437E8E

triadic

#438E78 #78438E #8E7843

tetradic

#438E78 #52438E #8E4359 #7E8E43

square

#438E78 #52438E #8E4359 #7E8E43

split-complementary

#438E78 #8E437E #8E5243

monochromatic

#1C3B32 #2F6455 #438E78 #5CB299 #86C6B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#438E78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#438E78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438E78

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438E78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438E78	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8677

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7D7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#228F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438e78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 142, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.083 171.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7daf9f',
    500: '#438e78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438e78;
$custom-light: #7daf9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438e78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.4,
    "s": 35.885,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59229,
    "c": 0.08275,
    "h": 171.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438E78

secondary

#B17C8C

accent

#5C7DCC

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EEF4F2

border

#C9CECC

text

#0A100E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #438E78

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

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