#338CA5#338CA5

#338CA5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.091 H 220.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#338CA5
RGB	rgb(51, 140, 165)
HSL	hsl(193, 53%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(193, 69%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 15.2%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.21, -18.01, -20.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.21, 27.60, 229.26°)
OKLab	oklab(59.8% -0.0694 -0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(59.8% 0.091 220)
XYZ	xyz(17.5321, 22.1746, 38.9462)
Luminance	0.2218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#338CA5 #A54C33

analogous

#33A585 #338CA5 #3353A5

triadic

#338CA5 #A5338C #8CA533

tetradic

#338CA5 #8533A5 #A54C33 #53A533

square

#338CA5 #8533A5 #A54C33 #53A533

split-complementary

#338CA5 #A53353 #A58533

monochromatic

#163D48 #256476 #338CA5 #4DADC8 #7CC3D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#338CA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#338CA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #338CA5

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##338CA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##338CA5	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)

#7D88A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7DA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009494

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #338ca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 140, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.091 220.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79adbf',
    500: '#338ca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #338ca5;
$custom-light: #79adbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#338ca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.158,
    "s": 52.778,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59801,
    "c": 0.09067,
    "h": 220
  },
  "luminance": 0.22177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#338CA5

secondary

#BF8575

accent

#6B4CDC

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #338CA5

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

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