#338AAC#338AAC

#338AAC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.096 H 227.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#338AAC
RGB	rgb(51, 138, 172)
HSL	hsl(197, 54%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(197, 70%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 19.8%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.88, -14.60, -25.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.88, 29.35, 240.16°)
OKLab	oklab(59.62% -0.0646 -0.0713)
OKLCH	oklch(59.62% 0.096 227.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.8971, 21.8573, 42.2974)
Luminance	0.2186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#338AAC #AC5533

analogous

#33AC91 #338AAC #334DAC

triadic

#338AAC #AC338A #8AAC33

tetradic

#338AAC #9133AC #AC5533 #4DAC33

square

#338AAC #9133AC #AC5533 #4DAC33

split-complementary

#338AAC #AC334D #AC9133

monochromatic

#173E4E #25647D #338AAC #51A9CB #80C0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#338AAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#338AAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #338AAC

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##338AAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##338AAC	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7888AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677BAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #338aac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 138, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.096 227.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aacc4',
    500: '#338aac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #338aac;
$custom-light: #7aacc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#338aac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.86,
    "s": 54.26,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59624,
    "c": 0.09622,
    "h": 227.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#338AAC

secondary

#C28D78

accent

#744ADE

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #338AAC

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

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