#338EA1#338EA1

#338EA1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.088 H 214.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#338EA1
RGB	rgb(51, 142, 161)
HSL	hsl(190, 52%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(190, 68%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 11.8%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.68, -20.38, -17.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.68, 27.12, 221.30°)
OKLab	oklab(60.13% -0.0732 -0.0498)
OKLCH	oklch(60.13% 0.089 214.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.4686, 22.6211, 37.1570)
Luminance	0.2262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#338EA1 #A14633

analogous

#33A17D #338EA1 #3357A1

triadic

#338EA1 #A1338E #8EA133

tetradic

#338EA1 #7D33A1 #A14633 #57A133

square

#338EA1 #7D33A1 #A14633 #57A133

split-complementary

#338EA1 #A13357 #A17D33

monochromatic

#163C44 #246573 #338EA1 #4BB1C6 #7AC5D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#338EA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#338EA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #338EA1

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##338EA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##338EA1	1.00	3.80	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8089A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717EA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009594

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #338ea1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 142, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.088 214.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79afbc',
    500: '#338ea1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #338ea1;
$custom-light: #79afbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#338ea1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.364,
    "s": 51.887,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60127,
    "c": 0.0885,
    "h": 214.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#338EA1

secondary

#BD7F72

accent

#654CDB

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #338EA1

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

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