#338DAB#338DAB

#338DAB is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.095 H 224.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#338DAB
RGB	rgb(51, 141, 171)
HSL	hsl(195, 54%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(195, 70%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 17.5%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.75, -16.58, -23.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.75, 28.78, 234.83°)
OKLab	oklab(60.31% -0.0681 -0.0658)
OKLCH	oklch(60.31% 0.095 224)
XYZ	xyz(18.2378, 22.6918, 41.9390)
Luminance	0.2269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#338DAB #AB5133

analogous

#33AB8D #338DAB #3351AB

triadic

#338DAB #AB338D #8DAB33

tetradic

#338DAB #8D33AB #AB5133 #51AB33

square

#338DAB #8D33AB #AB5133 #51AB33

split-complementary

#338DAB #AB3351 #AB8D33

monochromatic

#173F4D #25667C #338DAB #50ACCB #7FC3D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#338DAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#338DAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #338DAB

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##338DAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##338DAB	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8AAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7EAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #338dab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 141, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.095 224.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aaec4',
    500: '#338dab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #338dab;
$custom-light: #7aaec4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#338dab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 54.054,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60313,
    "c": 0.09467,
    "h": 224
  },
  "luminance": 0.22694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#338DAB

secondary

#C28A78

accent

#6F4ADD

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #338DAB

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

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