#338BA4#338BA4

#338BA4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.090 H 220.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#338BA4
RGB	rgb(51, 139, 164)
HSL	hsl(193, 53%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(193, 69%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 15.2%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.86, -17.80, -20.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.86, 27.43, 229.54°)
OKLab	oklab(59.51% -0.0688 -0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(59.51% 0.09 220.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.2959, 21.8475, 38.4202)
Luminance	0.2185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#338BA4 #A44C33

analogous

#33A484 #338BA4 #3353A4

triadic

#338BA4 #A4338B #8BA433

tetradic

#338BA4 #8433A4 #A44C33 #53A433

square

#338BA4 #8433A4 #A44C33 #53A433

split-complementary

#338BA4 #A43353 #A48433

monochromatic

#163C47 #246375 #338BA4 #4DACC8 #7BC2D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#338BA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#338BA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #338BA4

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##338BA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##338BA4	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C87A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7CA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009393

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #338ba4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 139, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.090 220.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79adbf',
    500: '#338ba4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #338ba4;
$custom-light: #79adbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#338ba4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.274,
    "s": 52.558,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5951,
    "c": 0.0901,
    "h": 220.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#338BA4

secondary

#BF8574

accent

#6C4CDC

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #338BA4

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

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