#438E86#438E86

#438E86 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.076 H 186.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438E86
RGB	rgb(67, 142, 134)
HSL	hsl(174, 36%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(174, 53%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.8%, 0%, 5.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.30, -25.29, -2.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.30, 25.45, 186.43°)
OKLab	oklab(59.67% -0.0753 -0.0081)
OKLCH	oklch(59.67% 0.076 186.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.2890, 22.2590, 25.9877)
Luminance	0.2226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438E86 #8E434B

analogous

#438E60 #438E86 #43708E

triadic

#438E86 #86438E #8E8643

tetradic

#438E86 #60438E #8E434B #708E43

square

#438E86 #60438E #8E434B #708E43

split-complementary

#438E86 #8E4370 #8E6043

monochromatic

#1C3B38 #2F645F #438E86 #5CB2A9 #86C6BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#438E86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#438E86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438E86

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438E86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438E86	1.00	3.85	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888786

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7E87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#14918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438e86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 142, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.076 186.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eafa9',
    500: '#438e86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438e86;
$custom-light: #7eafa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438e86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.6,
    "s": 35.885,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5967,
    "c": 0.0757,
    "h": 186.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438E86

secondary

#B17C82

accent

#5C68CC

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0A100F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #438E86

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

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