#338AC5#338AC5

#338AC5 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.121 H 242.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#338AC5
RGB	rgb(51, 138, 197)
HSL	hsl(204, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(204, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 29.9%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.98, -5.96, -38.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.98, 38.47, 261.09°)
OKLab	oklab(60.87% -0.056 -0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(60.87% 0.121 242.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.5279, 22.9096, 56.1526)
Luminance	0.2291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#338AC5 #C56E33

analogous

#33C5B7 #338AC5 #3341C5

triadic

#338AC5 #C5338A #8AC533

tetradic

#338AC5 #B733C5 #C56E33 #41C533

square

#338AC5 #B733C5 #C56E33 #41C533

split-complementary

#338AC5 #C53341 #C5B733

monochromatic

#1A4664 #266894 #338AC5 #5FA6D6 #90C1E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#338AC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#338AC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #338AC5

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##338AC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##338AC5	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F8BC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B7DC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #338ac5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 138, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.121 242.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eabd7',
    500: '#338ac5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #338ac5;
$custom-light: #7eabd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#338ac5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.247,
    "s": 58.871,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60865,
    "c": 0.12128,
    "h": 242.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#338AC5

secondary

#CDA387

accent

#8546E2

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#EFF4FA

border

#CACED3

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #338AC5

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

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