#338CA9#338CA9

#338CA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.093 H 223.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#338CA9
RGB	rgb(51, 140, 169)
HSL	hsl(195, 54%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(195, 70%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.8%, 17.2%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.37, -16.70, -22.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.37, 28.40, 233.99°)
OKLab	oklab(59.98% -0.0678 -0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(59.98% 0.093 223.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.9018, 22.3225, 40.8936)
Luminance	0.2233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#338CA9 #A95033

analogous

#33A98B #338CA9 #3351A9

triadic

#338CA9 #A9338C #8CA933

tetradic

#338CA9 #8B33A9 #A95033 #51A933

square

#338CA9 #8B33A9 #A95033 #51A933

split-complementary

#338CA9 #A93351 #A98B33

monochromatic

#173E4B #25657A #338CA9 #4FACCA #7EC2D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#338CA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#338CA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #338CA9

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##338CA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##338CA9	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B89AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7DA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #338ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 140, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.093 223.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aadc2',
    500: '#338ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #338ca9;
$custom-light: #7aadc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#338ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.746,
    "s": 53.636,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59978,
    "c": 0.0934,
    "h": 223.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#338CA9

secondary

#C18977

accent

#6F4BDD

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #338CA9

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

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