#338BA9#338BA9

#338BA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.094 H 224.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#338BA9
RGB	rgb(51, 139, 169)
HSL	hsl(195, 54%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(195, 70%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.8%, 17.8%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.06, -16.15, -23.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.06, 28.47, 235.43°)
OKLab	oklab(59.73% -0.0668 -0.0656)
OKLCH	oklch(59.73% 0.094 224.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.7564, 22.0316, 40.8451)
Luminance	0.2203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#338BA9 #A95133

analogous

#33A98C #338BA9 #3350A9

triadic

#338BA9 #A9338B #8BA933

tetradic

#338BA9 #8C33A9 #A95133 #50A933

square

#338BA9 #8C33A9 #A95133 #50A933

split-complementary

#338BA9 #A93350 #A98C33

monochromatic

#173E4B #25647A #338BA9 #4FABCA #7EC1D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#338BA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#338BA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #338BA9

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##338BA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##338BA9	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A88AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7CA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #338ba9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 139, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.094 224.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aadc2',
    500: '#338ba9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #338ba9;
$custom-light: #7aadc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#338ba9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.254,
    "s": 53.636,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59732,
    "c": 0.09359,
    "h": 224.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#338BA9

secondary

#C18A77

accent

#704BDD

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #338BA9

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

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