#338CB6#338CB6

#338CB6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.104 H 232.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#338CB6
RGB	rgb(51, 140, 182)
HSL	hsl(199, 56%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(199, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 23.1%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.90, -12.32, -29.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.90, 32.05, 247.39°)
OKLab	oklab(60.58% -0.063 -0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(60.58% 0.104 232.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.1835, 22.8352, 47.6435)
Luminance	0.2284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#338CB6 #B65D33

analogous

#33B69E #338CB6 #334AB6

triadic

#338CB6 #B6338C #8CB633

tetradic

#338CB6 #9E33B6 #B65D33 #4AB633

square

#338CB6 #9E33B6 #B65D33 #4AB633

split-complementary

#338CB6 #B6334A #B69E33

monochromatic

#184256 #266786 #338CB6 #56A9D0 #86C1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#338CB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#338CB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #338CB6

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##338CB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##338CB6	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#778BB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657EB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #338cb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 140, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.104 232.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cadcc',
    500: '#338cb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #338cb6;
$custom-light: #7cadcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#338cb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.237,
    "s": 56.223,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60581,
    "c": 0.10433,
    "h": 232.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#338CB6

secondary

#C7957E

accent

#7948E0

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #338CB6

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

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