#438E8A#438E8A

#438E8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.075 H 190.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438E8A
RGB	rgb(67, 142, 138)
HSL	hsl(177, 36%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(177, 53%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.8%, 0%, 2.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.42, -24.20, -4.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.42, 24.71, 191.64°)
OKLab	oklab(59.81% -0.0734 -0.0139)
OKLCH	oklch(59.81% 0.075 190.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.5733, 22.3728, 27.4848)
Luminance	0.2237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438E8A #8E4347

analogous

#438E64 #438E8A #436C8E

triadic

#438E8A #8A438E #8E8A43

tetradic

#438E8A #64438E #8E4347 #6C8E43

square

#438E8A #64438E #8E4347 #6C8E43

split-complementary

#438E8A #8E436C #8E6443

monochromatic

#1C3B39 #2F6462 #438E8A #5CB2AE #86C6C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#438E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#438E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438E8A

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438E8A	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)

#87888A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7E8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0E918D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 142, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.075 190.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eafac',
    500: '#438e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438e8a;
$custom-light: #7eafac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.8,
    "s": 35.885,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59806,
    "c": 0.07473,
    "h": 190.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438E8A

secondary

#B17C7F

accent

#5C62CC

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0A1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #438E8A

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

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