#338EB8#338EB8

#338EB8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.105 H 232.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#338EB8
RGB	rgb(51, 142, 184)
HSL	hsl(199, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(199, 72%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 22.8%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.59, -12.75, -29.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.59, 32.29, 246.73°)
OKLab	oklab(61.16% -0.0643 -0.0834)
OKLCH	oklch(61.16% 0.105 232.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.6865, 23.5083, 48.8381)
Luminance	0.2351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#338EB8 #B85D33

analogous

#33B89F #338EB8 #334BB8

triadic

#338EB8 #B8338E #8EB833

tetradic

#338EB8 #9F33B8 #B85D33 #4BB833

square

#338EB8 #9F33B8 #B85D33 #4BB833

split-complementary

#338EB8 #B8334B #B89F33

monochromatic

#184458 #266988 #338EB8 #58AAD1 #88C3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#338EB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#338EB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #338EB8

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##338EB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##338EB8	1.00	3.68	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798CBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677FB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #338eb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 142, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.105 232.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cafcd',
    500: '#338eb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #338eb8;
$custom-light: #7cafcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#338eb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.947,
    "s": 56.596,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61159,
    "c": 0.10525,
    "h": 232.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#338EB8

secondary

#C8967F

accent

#7848E0

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #338EB8

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

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