#338EA8#338EA8

#338EA8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.092 H 220.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#338EA8
RGB	rgb(51, 142, 168)
HSL	hsl(193, 53%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(193, 70%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 15.5%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.94, -18.11, -21.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.94, 28.12, 229.91°)
OKLab	oklab(60.43% -0.0703 -0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(60.43% 0.092 220.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.1032, 22.8749, 40.4994)
Luminance	0.2288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#338EA8 #A84D33

analogous

#33A887 #338EA8 #3354A8

triadic

#338EA8 #A8338E #8EA833

tetradic

#338EA8 #8733A8 #A84D33 #54A833

square

#338EA8 #8733A8 #A84D33 #54A833

split-complementary

#338EA8 #A83354 #A88733

monochromatic

#163F4A #256679 #338EA8 #4FAEC9 #7EC4D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#338EA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#338EA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #338EA8

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##338EA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##338EA8	1.00	3.77	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8AA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7EA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #338ea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 142, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.092 220.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aafc2',
    500: '#338ea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #338ea8;
$custom-light: #7aafc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#338ea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.333,
    "s": 53.425,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60426,
    "c": 0.09246,
    "h": 220.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#338EA8

secondary

#C18776

accent

#6B4BDD

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #338EA8

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

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