#338AAE#338AAE

#338AAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.098 H 229.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#338AAE
RGB	rgb(51, 138, 174)
HSL	hsl(198, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(198, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 20.7%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.96, -13.93, -26.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.96, 29.92, 242.25°)
OKLab	oklab(59.72% -0.0638 -0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(59.72% 0.098 229.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.0906, 21.9347, 43.3166)
Luminance	0.2194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#338AAE #AE5733

analogous

#33AE95 #338AAE #334DAE

triadic

#338AAE #AE338A #8AAE33

tetradic

#338AAE #9533AE #AE5733 #4DAE33

square

#338AAE #9533AE #AE5733 #4DAE33

split-complementary

#338AAE #AE334D #AE9533

monochromatic

#173F4F #25647F #338AAE #52A8CC #81C0DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#338AAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#338AAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #338AAE

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##338AAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##338AAE	1.00	3.90	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7788B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677CAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #338aae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 138, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.098 229.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aacc6',
    500: '#338aae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #338aae;
$custom-light: #7aacc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#338aae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.561,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59717,
    "c": 0.09792,
    "h": 229.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#338AAE

secondary

#C38F79

accent

#754ADE

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #338AAE

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

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