#438E97#438E97

#438E97 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.075 H 205.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438E97
RGB	rgb(67, 142, 151)
HSL	hsl(186, 39%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(186, 56%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 6%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.84, -20.50, -11.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.84, 23.68, 210.05°)
OKLab	oklab(60.28% -0.0676 -0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(60.28% 0.075 205.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.5714, 22.7720, 32.7416)
Luminance	0.2277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438E97 #974C43

analogous

#439776 #438E97 #436497

triadic

#438E97 #97438E #8E9743

tetradic

#438E97 #764397 #974C43 #649743

square

#438E97 #764397 #974C43 #649743

split-complementary

#438E97 #974364 #977643

monochromatic

#1D3E42 #30666D #438E97 #5FAFB8 #8AC4CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#438E97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#438E97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438E97

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438E97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438E97	1.00	3.78	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848998

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777F97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438e97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 142, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.075 205.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fafb5',
    500: '#438e97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438e97;
$custom-light: #7fafb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438e97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.429,
    "s": 38.532,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6028,
    "c": 0.07517,
    "h": 205.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438E97

secondary

#B68680

accent

#6659CE

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #438E97

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

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