#438E89#438E89

#438E89 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.075 H 189.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438E89
RGB	rgb(67, 142, 137)
HSL	hsl(176, 36%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(176, 53%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.8%, 0%, 3.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.39, -24.47, -4.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.39, 24.88, 190.31°)
OKLab	oklab(59.77% -0.0739 -0.0124)
OKLCH	oklch(59.77% 0.075 189.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.5012, 22.3439, 27.1053)
Luminance	0.2235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438E89 #8E4348

analogous

#438E63 #438E89 #436D8E

triadic

#438E89 #89438E #8E8943

tetradic

#438E89 #63438E #8E4348 #6D8E43

square

#438E89 #63438E #8E4348 #6D8E43

split-complementary

#438E89 #8E436D #8E6343

monochromatic

#1C3B39 #2F6461 #438E89 #5CB2AC #86C6C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#438E89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#438E89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438E89

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438E89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438E89	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878789

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7E8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#10918C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438e89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 142, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.075 189.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eafab',
    500: '#438e89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438e89;
$custom-light: #7eafab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438e89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176,
    "s": 35.885,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59772,
    "c": 0.07493,
    "h": 189.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438E89

secondary

#B17C80

accent

#5C63CC

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0A1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #438E89

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

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