#338AAD#338AAD

#338AAD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.097 H 228.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#338AAD
RGB	rgb(51, 138, 173)
HSL	hsl(197, 54%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(197, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 20.2%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.92, -14.27, -25.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.92, 29.63, 241.22°)
OKLab	oklab(59.67% -0.0642 -0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(59.67% 0.097 228.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.9935, 21.8959, 42.8051)
Luminance	0.2190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#338AAD #AD5633

analogous

#33AD93 #338AAD #334DAD

triadic

#338AAD #AD338A #8AAD33

tetradic

#338AAD #9333AD #AD5633 #4DAD33

square

#338AAD #9333AD #AD5633 #4DAD33

split-complementary

#338AAD #AD334D #AD9333

monochromatic

#173F4E #25647E #338AAD #51A9CC #81C0DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#338AAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#338AAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #338AAD

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##338AAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##338AAD	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7888AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677CAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #338aad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 138, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.097 228.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aacc5',
    500: '#338aad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #338aad;
$custom-light: #7aacc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#338aad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.213,
    "s": 54.464,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5967,
    "c": 0.09706,
    "h": 228.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#338AAD

secondary

#C38E79

accent

#744ADE

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #338AAD

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

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