#338EA2#338EA2

#338EA2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.089 H 215.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#338EA2
RGB	rgb(51, 142, 162)
HSL	hsl(191, 52%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(191, 69%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 12.3%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.72, -20.06, -18.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.72, 27.23, 222.56°)
OKLab	oklab(60.17% -0.0727 -0.0513)
OKLCH	oklch(60.17% 0.089 215.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.5571, 22.6565, 37.6233)
Luminance	0.2266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#338EA2 #A24733

analogous

#33A27F #338EA2 #3357A2

triadic

#338EA2 #A2338E #8EA233

tetradic

#338EA2 #7F33A2 #A24733 #57A233

square

#338EA2 #7F33A2 #A24733 #57A233

split-complementary

#338EA2 #A23357 #A27F33

monochromatic

#163C45 #246573 #338EA2 #4CB0C7 #7AC5D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#338EA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#338EA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #338EA2

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##338EA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##338EA2	1.00	3.80	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808AA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707EA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009594

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #338ea2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 142, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.089 215.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79afbd',
    500: '#338ea2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #338ea2;
$custom-light: #79afbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#338ea2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.811,
    "s": 52.113,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60169,
    "c": 0.089,
    "h": 215.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#338EA2

secondary

#BE8073

accent

#664CDC

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #338EA2

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

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