#338BBD#338BBD

#338BBD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.112 H 237.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#338BBD
RGB	rgb(51, 139, 189)
HSL	hsl(202, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(202, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 26.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.91, -9.34, -33.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.91, 34.85, 254.45°)
OKLab	oklab(60.69% -0.0595 -0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(60.69% 0.112 237.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.7796, 22.8409, 51.5005)
Luminance	0.2284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#338BBD #BD6533

analogous

#33BDAA #338BBD #3346BD

triadic

#338BBD #BD338B #8BBD33

tetradic

#338BBD #AA33BD #BD6533 #46BD33

square

#338BBD #AA33BD #BD6533 #46BD33

split-complementary

#338BBD #BD3346 #BDAA33

monochromatic

#19445D #26688D #338BBD #5BA7D3 #8BC1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#338BBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#338BBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #338BBD

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##338BBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##338BBD	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#738BBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#617EBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #338bbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 139, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.112 237.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dacd1',
    500: '#338bbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #338bbd;
$custom-light: #7dacd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#338bbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.739,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60687,
    "c": 0.11186,
    "h": 237.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#338BBD

secondary

#CA9C82

accent

#7F47E1

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #338BBD

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

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