#338EA6#338EA6

#338EA6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.091 H 218.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#338EA6
RGB	rgb(51, 142, 166)
HSL	hsl(193, 53%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(193, 69%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 14.5%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.87, -18.76, -20.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.87, 27.78, 227.51°)
OKLab	oklab(60.34% -0.0711 -0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(60.34% 0.091 218.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.9183, 22.8010, 39.5257)
Luminance	0.2280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#338EA6 #A64B33

analogous

#33A685 #338EA6 #3354A6

triadic

#338EA6 #A6338E #8EA633

tetradic

#338EA6 #8533A6 #A64B33 #54A633

square

#338EA6 #8533A6 #A64B33 #54A633

split-complementary

#338EA6 #A63354 #A68533

monochromatic

#163E48 #256677 #338EA6 #4EAFC9 #7CC4D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#338EA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#338EA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #338EA6

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##338EA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##338EA6	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)

#7F8AA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7EA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #338ea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 142, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.091 218.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aafc0',
    500: '#338ea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #338ea6;
$custom-light: #7aafc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#338ea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.522,
    "s": 52.995,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60339,
    "c": 0.09121,
    "h": 218.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#338EA6

secondary

#C08575

accent

#6A4BDC

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #338EA6

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

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