#438E8D#438E8D

#438E8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.074 H 194.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438E8D
RGB	rgb(67, 142, 141)
HSL	hsl(179, 36%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(179, 53%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.8%, 0%, 0.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.51, -23.37, -6.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.51, 24.27, 195.72°)
OKLab	oklab(59.91% -0.0721 -0.0182)
OKLCH	oklch(59.91% 0.074 194.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.7935, 22.4608, 28.6445)
Luminance	0.2246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438E8D #8E4344

analogous

#438E67 #438E8D #43698E

triadic

#438E8D #8D438E #8E8D43

tetradic

#438E8D #67438E #8E4344 #698E43

square

#438E8D #67438E #8E4344 #698E43

split-complementary

#438E8D #8E4369 #8E6743

monochromatic

#1C3B3A #2F6464 #438E8D #5CB2B1 #86C6C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#438E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#438E8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438E8D

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438E8D	1.00	3.82	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86888D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797E8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#07928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 142, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.074 194.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eafae',
    500: '#438e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438e8d;
$custom-light: #7eafae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.2,
    "s": 35.885,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59911,
    "c": 0.07433,
    "h": 194.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438E8D

secondary

#B17C7D

accent

#5C5DCC

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0A1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #438E8D

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

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