#338C9E#338C9E

#338C9E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.087 H 213.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#338C9E
RGB	rgb(51, 140, 158)
HSL	hsl(190, 51%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(190, 68%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 11.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.95, -20.28, -17.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.95, 26.65, 220.45°)
OKLab	oklab(59.5% -0.0723 -0.0481)
OKLCH	oklch(59.5% 0.087 213.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.9123, 21.9267, 35.6821)
Luminance	0.2193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#338C9E #9E4533

analogous

#339E7A #338C9E #33579E

triadic

#338C9E #9E338C #8C9E33

tetradic

#338C9E #7A339E #9E4533 #579E33

square

#338C9E #7A339E #9E4533 #579E33

split-complementary

#338C9E #9E3357 #9E7A33

monochromatic

#153A41 #246370 #338C9E #4AB0C4 #78C4D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#338C9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#338C9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #338C9E

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##338C9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##338C9E	1.00	3.90	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F879F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7C9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009392

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #338c9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 140, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.087 213.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78adba',
    500: '#338c9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #338c9e;
$custom-light: #78adba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#338c9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.093,
    "s": 51.196,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59503,
    "c": 0.08681,
    "h": 213.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#338C9E

secondary

#BC7E71

accent

#654DDB

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #338C9E

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

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