#438E88#438E88

#438E88 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.075 H 188.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438E88
RGB	rgb(67, 142, 136)
HSL	hsl(175, 36%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(175, 53%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.8%, 0%, 4.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.36, -24.75, -3.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.36, 25.06, 189.00°)
OKLab	oklab(59.74% -0.0743 -0.011)
OKLCH	oklch(59.74% 0.075 188.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.4298, 22.3154, 26.7292)
Luminance	0.2232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438E88 #8E4349

analogous

#438E62 #438E88 #436E8E

triadic

#438E88 #88438E #8E8843

tetradic

#438E88 #62438E #8E4349 #6E8E43

square

#438E88 #62438E #8E4349 #6E8E43

split-complementary

#438E88 #8E436E #8E6243

monochromatic

#1C3B38 #2F6460 #438E88 #5CB2AB #86C6C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#438E88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#438E88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438E88

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438E88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438E88	1.00	3.84	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878788

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7E89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#11918C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438e88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 142, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.075 188.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eafaa',
    500: '#438e88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438e88;
$custom-light: #7eafaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438e88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.2,
    "s": 35.885,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59738,
    "c": 0.07516,
    "h": 188.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438E88

secondary

#B17C80

accent

#5C65CC

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0A1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #438E88

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

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