#338AA5#338AA5

#338AA5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.091 H 222.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#338AA5
RGB	rgb(51, 138, 165)
HSL	hsl(194, 53%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(194, 69%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 16.4%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.60, -16.93, -21.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.60, 27.65, 232.24°)
OKLab	oklab(59.31% -0.0673 -0.061)
OKLCH	oklch(59.31% 0.091 222.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.2425, 21.5955, 38.8496)
Luminance	0.2160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#338AA5 #A54E33

analogous

#33A587 #338AA5 #3351A5

triadic

#338AA5 #A5338A #8AA533

tetradic

#338AA5 #8733A5 #A54E33 #51A533

square

#338AA5 #8733A5 #A54E33 #51A533

split-complementary

#338AA5 #A53351 #A58733

monochromatic

#163C48 #256376 #338AA5 #4DABC8 #7CC1D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#338AA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#338AA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #338AA5

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##338AA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##338AA5	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A87A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7BA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009293

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #338aa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 138, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.091 222.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79acbf',
    500: '#338aa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #338aa5;
$custom-light: #79acbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#338aa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.211,
    "s": 52.778,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59307,
    "c": 0.09087,
    "h": 222.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#338AA5

secondary

#BF8675

accent

#6E4CDC

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #338AA5

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

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