#338CAE#338CAE

#338CAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.097 H 227.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#338CAE
RGB	rgb(51, 140, 174)
HSL	hsl(197, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(197, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 19.5%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.57, -15.03, -25.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.57, 29.63, 239.51°)
OKLab	oklab(60.2% -0.0659 -0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(60.2% 0.097 227.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.3802, 22.5139, 43.4131)
Luminance	0.2252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#338CAE #AE5533

analogous

#33AE93 #338CAE #334FAE

triadic

#338CAE #AE338C #8CAE33

tetradic

#338CAE #9333AE #AE5533 #4FAE33

square

#338CAE #9333AE #AE5533 #4FAE33

split-complementary

#338CAE #AE334F #AE9333

monochromatic

#17404F #25667F #338CAE #52AACC #81C2DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#338CAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#338CAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #338CAE

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##338CAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##338CAE	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A89B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697DAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #338cae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 140, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.097 227.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7badc6',
    500: '#338cae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #338cae;
$custom-light: #7badc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#338cae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.585,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60204,
    "c": 0.09726,
    "h": 227.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#338CAE

secondary

#C38E79

accent

#734ADE

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #338CAE

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

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