#338EB6#338EB6

#338EB6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.103 H 231.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#338EB6
RGB	rgb(51, 142, 182)
HSL	hsl(198, 56%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(198, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 22%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.51, -13.43, -28.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.51, 31.65, 244.88°)
OKLab	oklab(61.06% -0.065 -0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(61.06% 0.103 231.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.4784, 23.4250, 47.7418)
Luminance	0.2343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#338EB6 #B65B33

analogous

#33B69C #338EB6 #334CB6

triadic

#338EB6 #B6338E #8EB633

tetradic

#338EB6 #9C33B6 #B65B33 #4CB633

square

#338EB6 #9C33B6 #B65B33 #4CB633

split-complementary

#338EB6 #B6334C #B69C33

monochromatic

#184356 #266986 #338EB6 #56ABD0 #86C3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#338EB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#338EB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #338EB6

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##338EB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##338EB6	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8CB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687FB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #338eb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 142, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.103 231.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cafcc',
    500: '#338eb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #338eb6;
$custom-light: #7cafcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#338eb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.321,
    "s": 56.223,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61064,
    "c": 0.10342,
    "h": 231.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#338EB6

secondary

#C7947E

accent

#7648E0

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #338EB6

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

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