#338BAE#338BAE

#338BAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.098 H 228.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#338BAE
RGB	rgb(51, 139, 174)
HSL	hsl(197, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(197, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 20.1%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.26, -14.48, -26.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.26, 29.77, 240.89°)
OKLab	oklab(59.96% -0.0649 -0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(59.96% 0.098 228.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.2348, 22.2230, 43.3646)
Luminance	0.2223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#338BAE #AE5633

analogous

#33AE94 #338BAE #334EAE

triadic

#338BAE #AE338B #8BAE33

tetradic

#338BAE #9433AE #AE5633 #4EAE33

square

#338BAE #9433AE #AE5633 #4EAE33

split-complementary

#338BAE #AE334E #AE9433

monochromatic

#173F4F #25657F #338BAE #52A9CC #81C1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#338BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#338BAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #338BAE

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##338BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##338BAE	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)

#7989B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687CAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #338bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 139, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.098 228.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aadc6',
    500: '#338bae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #338bae;
$custom-light: #7aadc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#338bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.073,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5996,
    "c": 0.09758,
    "h": 228.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#338BAE

secondary

#C38E79

accent

#744ADE

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #338BAE

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

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