#338DAE#338DAE

#338DAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.097 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#338DAE
RGB	rgb(51, 141, 174)
HSL	hsl(196, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(196, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 19%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.87, -15.58, -25.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.87, 29.51, 238.13°)
OKLab	oklab(60.45% -0.0669 -0.0702)
OKLCH	oklch(60.45% 0.097 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.5270, 22.8075, 43.4621)
Luminance	0.2281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#338DAE #AE5433

analogous

#33AE92 #338DAE #334FAE

triadic

#338DAE #AE338D #8DAE33

tetradic

#338DAE #9233AE #AE5433 #4FAE33

square

#338DAE #9233AE #AE5433 #4FAE33

split-complementary

#338DAE #AE334F #AE9233

monochromatic

#17404F #25677F #338DAE #52ABCC #81C2DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#338DAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#338DAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #338DAE

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##338DAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##338DAE	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8AB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7EAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #338dae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 141, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.097 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7baec6',
    500: '#338dae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #338dae;
$custom-light: #7baec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#338dae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.098,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60449,
    "c": 0.09698,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#338DAE

secondary

#C38D79

accent

#724ADE

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #338DAE

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

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