#338AA4#338AA4

#338AA4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.090 H 221.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#338AA4
RGB	rgb(51, 138, 164)
HSL	hsl(194, 53%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(194, 69%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 15.9%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.56, -17.26, -21.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.56, 27.45, 231.04°)
OKLab	oklab(59.26% -0.0677 -0.0596)
OKLCH	oklch(59.26% 0.09 221.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.1518, 21.5592, 38.3722)
Luminance	0.2156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#338AA4 #A44D33

analogous

#33A485 #338AA4 #3352A4

triadic

#338AA4 #A4338A #8AA433

tetradic

#338AA4 #8533A4 #A44D33 #52A433

square

#338AA4 #8533A4 #A44D33 #52A433

split-complementary

#338AA4 #A43352 #A48533

monochromatic

#163B47 #246375 #338AA4 #4DABC8 #7BC1D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#338AA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#338AA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #338AA4

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##338AA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##338AA4	1.00	3.95	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.95	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)

#7B87A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7BA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009292

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #338aa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 138, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.090 221.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79acbf',
    500: '#338aa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #338aa4;
$custom-light: #79acbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#338aa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.805,
    "s": 52.558,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59263,
    "c": 0.09018,
    "h": 221.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#338AA4

secondary

#BF8574

accent

#6D4CDC

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #338AA4

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

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