#438F8D#438F8D

#438F8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.075 H 193.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#438F8D
RGB	rgb(67, 143, 141)
HSL	hsl(178, 36%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(178, 53%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.1%, 0%, 1.4%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.82, -23.88, -6.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.82, 24.65, 194.37°)
OKLab	oklab(60.16% -0.0732 -0.0169)
OKLCH	oklch(60.16% 0.075 193)
XYZ	xyz(16.9429, 22.7597, 28.6943)
Luminance	0.2276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#438F8D #8F4345

analogous

#438F67 #438F8D #436B8F

triadic

#438F8D #8D438F #8F8D43

tetradic

#438F8D #67438F #8F4345 #6B8F43

square

#438F8D #67438F #8F4345 #6B8F43

split-complementary

#438F8D #8F436B #8F6743

monochromatic

#1C3C3B #2F6564 #438F8D #5CB3B1 #86C6C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#438F8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#438F8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #438F8D

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##438F8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##438F8D	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)

#87898D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7F8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#06938E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #438f8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(67, 143, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.075 193.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eb0ae',
    500: '#438f8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #438f8d;
$custom-light: #7eb0ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#438f8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 67,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.421,
    "s": 36.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60163,
    "c": 0.07519,
    "h": 193
  },
  "luminance": 0.22761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#438F8D

secondary

#B17D7E

accent

#5C5FCC

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0A1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #438F8D

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

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