#338EAE#338EAE

#338EAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.097 H 225.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#338EAE
RGB	rgb(51, 142, 174)
HSL	hsl(196, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(196, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 18.4%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.18, -16.13, -24.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.18, 29.41, 236.74°)
OKLab	oklab(60.69% -0.068 -0.0688)
OKLCH	oklch(60.69% 0.097 225.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.6751, 23.1037, 43.5114)
Luminance	0.2311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#338EAE #AE5333

analogous

#33AE91 #338EAE #3350AE

triadic

#338EAE #AE338E #8EAE33

tetradic

#338EAE #9133AE #AE5333 #50AE33

square

#338EAE #9133AE #AE5333 #50AE33

split-complementary

#338EAE #AE3350 #AE9133

monochromatic

#17414F #25677F #338EAE #52ACCC #81C3DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#338EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#338EAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #338EAE

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##338EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##338EAE	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8BB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7FAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #338eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 142, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.097 225.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bafc6',
    500: '#338eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #338eae;
$custom-light: #7bafc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#338eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.61,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60693,
    "c": 0.09671,
    "h": 225.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#338EAE

secondary

#C38D79

accent

#704ADE

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #338EAE

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

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