#338BAD#338BAD

#338BAD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.097 H 227.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#338BAD
RGB	rgb(51, 139, 173)
HSL	hsl(197, 54%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(197, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 19.7%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.22, -14.82, -25.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.22, 29.49, 239.83°)
OKLab	oklab(59.91% -0.0652 -0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(59.91% 0.097 227.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.1376, 22.1841, 42.8531)
Luminance	0.2219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#338BAD #AD5533

analogous

#33AD92 #338BAD #334EAD

triadic

#338BAD #AD338B #8BAD33

tetradic

#338BAD #9233AD #AD5533 #4EAD33

square

#338BAD #9233AD #AD5533 #4EAD33

split-complementary

#338BAD #AD334E #AD9233

monochromatic

#173F4E #25657E #338BAD #51AACC #81C1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#338BAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#338BAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #338BAD

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##338BAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##338BAD	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7989AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687CAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #338bad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 139, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.097 227.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aadc5',
    500: '#338bad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #338bad;
$custom-light: #7aadc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#338bad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.721,
    "s": 54.464,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59914,
    "c": 0.09673,
    "h": 227.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#338BAD

secondary

#C38E79

accent

#734ADE

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #338BAD

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

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