#338AB9#338AB9

#338AB9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.108 H 236.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#338AB9
RGB	rgb(51, 138, 185)
HSL	hsl(201, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(201, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 25.4%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.43, -10.16, -32.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.43, 33.61, 252.40°)
OKLab	oklab(60.25% -0.0599 -0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(60.25% 0.108 236.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.2072, 22.3814, 49.1973)
Luminance	0.2238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#338AB9 #B96233

analogous

#33B9A5 #338AB9 #3347B9

triadic

#338AB9 #B9338A #8AB933

tetradic

#338AB9 #A533B9 #B96233 #47B933

square

#338AB9 #A533B9 #B96233 #47B933

split-complementary

#338AB9 #B93347 #B9A533

monochromatic

#194259 #266689 #338AB9 #58A7D1 #88C0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#338AB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#338AB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #338AB9

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##338AB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##338AB9	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7489BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#617CB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00969A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #338ab9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 138, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.108 236.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cacce',
    500: '#338ab9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #338ab9;
$custom-light: #7cacce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#338ab9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.045,
    "s": 56.78,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60248,
    "c": 0.10834,
    "h": 236.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#338AB9

secondary

#C89980

accent

#7D48E0

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #338AB9

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

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