#338EA9#338EA9

#338EA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.093 H 221.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#338EA9
RGB	rgb(51, 142, 169)
HSL	hsl(194, 54%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(194, 70%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.8%, 16%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.98, -17.78, -22.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.98, 28.31, 231.09°)
OKLab	oklab(60.47% -0.0699 -0.0615)
OKLCH	oklch(60.47% 0.093 221.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.1967, 22.9123, 40.9919)
Luminance	0.2291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#338EA9 #A94E33

analogous

#33A989 #338EA9 #3353A9

triadic

#338EA9 #A9338E #8EA933

tetradic

#338EA9 #8933A9 #A94E33 #53A933

square

#338EA9 #8933A9 #A94E33 #53A933

split-complementary

#338EA9 #A93353 #A98933

monochromatic

#173F4B #25667A #338EA9 #4FAECA #7EC4D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#338EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#338EA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #338EA9

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##338EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##338EA9	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	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)

#7E8AAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7EA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #338ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 142, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.093 221.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aafc2',
    500: '#338ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #338ea9;
$custom-light: #7aafc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#338ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.729,
    "s": 53.636,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6047,
    "c": 0.09312,
    "h": 221.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#338EA9

secondary

#C18877

accent

#6C4BDD

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F7

border

#CACED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #338EA9

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

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