#338CA8#338CA8

#338CA8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.093 H 222.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#338CA8
RGB	rgb(51, 140, 168)
HSL	hsl(194, 53%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(194, 70%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 16.7%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.33, -17.03, -22.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.33, 28.19, 232.83°)
OKLab	oklab(59.93% -0.0682 -0.0627)
OKLCH	oklch(59.93% 0.093 222.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.8083, 22.2851, 40.4011)
Luminance	0.2229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#338CA8 #A84F33

analogous

#33A889 #338CA8 #3351A8

triadic

#338CA8 #A8338C #8CA833

tetradic

#338CA8 #8933A8 #A84F33 #51A833

square

#338CA8 #8933A8 #A84F33 #51A833

split-complementary

#338CA8 #A83351 #A88933

monochromatic

#163E4A #256579 #338CA8 #4FACC9 #7EC2D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#338CA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#338CA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #338CA8

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##338CA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##338CA8	1.00	3.85	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C89A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7DA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #338ca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 140, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.093 222.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aadc2',
    500: '#338ca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #338ca8;
$custom-light: #7aadc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#338ca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.359,
    "s": 53.425,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59933,
    "c": 0.09268,
    "h": 222.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#338CA8

secondary

#C18876

accent

#6E4BDD

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #338CA8

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

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