#338BB9#338BB9

#338BB9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.108 H 235.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#338BB9
RGB	rgb(51, 139, 185)
HSL	hsl(201, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(201, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 24.9%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.73, -10.73, -31.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.73, 33.34, 251.23°)
OKLab	oklab(60.49% -0.0609 -0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(60.49% 0.108 235.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.3514, 22.6696, 49.2453)
Luminance	0.2267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#338BB9 #B96133

analogous

#33B9A4 #338BB9 #3348B9

triadic

#338BB9 #B9338B #8BB933

tetradic

#338BB9 #A433B9 #B96133 #48B933

square

#338BB9 #A433B9 #B96133 #48B933

split-complementary

#338BB9 #B93348 #B9A433

monochromatic

#194359 #266789 #338BB9 #58A8D1 #88C1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#338BB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#338BB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #338BB9

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##338BB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##338BB9	1.00	3.79	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#758ABB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#637DB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #338bb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 139, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.108 235.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cacce',
    500: '#338bb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #338bb9;
$custom-light: #7cacce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#338bb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.597,
    "s": 56.78,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60487,
    "c": 0.10776,
    "h": 235.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#338BB9

secondary

#C89980

accent

#7C48E0

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #338BB9

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

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