#338EA5#338EA5

#338EA5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.091 H 217.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#338EA5
RGB	rgb(51, 142, 165)
HSL	hsl(192, 53%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(192, 69%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 13.9%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.83, -19.09, -19.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.83, 27.63, 226.30°)
OKLab	oklab(60.3% -0.0715 -0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(60.3% 0.091 217.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.8270, 22.7644, 39.0445)
Luminance	0.2277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#338EA5 #A54A33

analogous

#33A583 #338EA5 #3355A5

triadic

#338EA5 #A5338E #8EA533

tetradic

#338EA5 #8333A5 #A54A33 #55A533

square

#338EA5 #8333A5 #A54A33 #55A533

split-complementary

#338EA5 #A53355 #A58333

monochromatic

#163E48 #256676 #338EA5 #4DAFC8 #7CC4D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#338EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#338EA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #338EA5

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##338EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##338EA5	1.00	3.78	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8AA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7EA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009695

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #338ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 142, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.091 217.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79afbf',
    500: '#338ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #338ea5;
$custom-light: #79afbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#338ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.105,
    "s": 52.778,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60296,
    "c": 0.09063,
    "h": 217.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#338EA5

secondary

#BF8475

accent

#694CDC

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #338EA5

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

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