#338BA8#338BA8

#338BA8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.093 H 223.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#338BA8
RGB	rgb(51, 139, 168)
HSL	hsl(195, 53%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(195, 70%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 17.3%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.02, -16.49, -22.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.02, 28.24, 234.29°)
OKLab	oklab(59.69% -0.0672 -0.0641)
OKLCH	oklch(59.69% 0.093 223.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.6629, 21.9942, 40.3526)
Luminance	0.2200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#338BA8 #A85033

analogous

#33A88B #338BA8 #3350A8

triadic

#338BA8 #A8338B #8BA833

tetradic

#338BA8 #8B33A8 #A85033 #50A833

square

#338BA8 #8B33A8 #A85033 #50A833

split-complementary

#338BA8 #A83350 #A88B33

monochromatic

#163D4A #256479 #338BA8 #4FABC9 #7EC1D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#338BA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#338BA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #338BA8

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##338BA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##338BA8	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B88AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7CA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009494

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #338ba8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 139, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.093 223.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aadc2',
    500: '#338ba8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #338ba8;
$custom-light: #7aadc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#338ba8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.872,
    "s": 53.425,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59687,
    "c": 0.09284,
    "h": 223.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#338BA8

secondary

#C18976

accent

#6F4BDD

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #338BA8

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

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