#338A9C#338A9C

#338A9C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.086 H 214.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#338A9C
RGB	rgb(51, 138, 156)
HSL	hsl(190, 51%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(190, 67%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 11.5%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.25, -19.86, -17.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.25, 26.26, 220.89°)
OKLab	oklab(58.92% -0.071 -0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(58.92% 0.086 214)
XYZ	xyz(16.4520, 21.2793, 34.6863)
Luminance	0.2128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#338A9C #9C4533

analogous

#339C79 #338A9C #33559C

triadic

#338A9C #9C338A #8A9C33

tetradic

#338A9C #79339C #9C4533 #559C33

square

#338A9C #79339C #9C4533 #559C33

split-complementary

#338A9C #9C3355 #9C7933

monochromatic

#153840 #24616E #338A9C #49AEC3 #77C3D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#338A9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#338A9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #338A9C

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##338A9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##338A9C	1.00	4.00	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D869D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7A9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009190

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #338a9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 138, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.086 214.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78acb9',
    500: '#338a9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #338a9c;
$custom-light: #78acb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#338a9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.286,
    "s": 50.725,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5892,
    "c": 0.08557,
    "h": 214
  },
  "luminance": 0.21281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#338A9C

secondary

#BB7D70

accent

#664EDA

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #338A9C

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

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