#338AA3#338AA3

#338AA3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.090 H 220.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#338AA3
RGB	rgb(51, 138, 163)
HSL	hsl(193, 52%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(193, 69%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 15.3%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.52, -17.59, -20.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.52, 27.26, 229.82°)
OKLab	oklab(59.22% -0.0681 -0.0581)
OKLCH	oklch(59.22% 0.09 220.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.0619, 21.5232, 37.8984)
Luminance	0.2152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#338AA3 #A34C33

analogous

#33A384 #338AA3 #3352A3

triadic

#338AA3 #A3338A #8AA333

tetradic

#338AA3 #8433A3 #A34C33 #52A333

square

#338AA3 #8433A3 #A34C33 #52A333

split-complementary

#338AA3 #A33352 #A38433

monochromatic

#163B46 #246374 #338AA3 #4CACC7 #7BC1D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#338AA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#338AA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #338AA3

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##338AA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##338AA3	1.00	3.96	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B86A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7BA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009292

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #338aa3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 138, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.090 220.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79acbe',
    500: '#338aa3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #338aa3;
$custom-light: #79acbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#338aa3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.393,
    "s": 52.336,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59219,
    "c": 0.08952,
    "h": 220.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#338AA3

secondary

#BE8473

accent

#6C4CDC

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #338AA3

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

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