#338AE2#338AE2

#338AE2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.156 H 252.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#338AE2
RGB	rgb(51, 138, 226)
HSL	hsl(210, 75%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(210, 77%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.4%, 38.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.46, 4.49, -51.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.46, 52.19, 274.94°)
OKLab	oklab(62.51% -0.0481 -0.1485)
OKLCH	oklch(62.51% 0.156 252)
XYZ	xyz(24.1760, 24.3689, 75.3662)
Luminance	0.2437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#338AE2 #E28B33

analogous

#33E2E2 #338AE2 #3433E2

triadic

#338AE2 #E2338A #8AE233

tetradic

#338AE2 #E233E2 #E28B33 #33E234

square

#338AE2 #E233E2 #E28B33 #33E234

split-complementary

#338AE2 #E23433 #E2E233

monochromatic

#134D87 #1B6BBD #338AE2 #69A9EA #9EC7F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#338AE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#338AE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #338AE2

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##338AE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##338AE2	1.00	3.57	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6090E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4480E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #338ae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 138, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.156 252.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83abeb',
    500: '#338ae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #338ae2;
$custom-light: #83abeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#338ae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.171,
    "s": 75.107,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62507,
    "c": 0.15607,
    "h": 252
  },
  "luminance": 0.24372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#338AE2

secondary

#DEB993

accent

#9436F2

background

#F8FAFE

surface

#F0F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0C1016

muted

#7D7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #338AE2

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

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