#338EB9#338EB9

#338EB9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.106 H 233.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#338EB9
RGB	rgb(51, 142, 185)
HSL	hsl(199, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(199, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 23.2%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.63, -12.41, -30.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.63, 32.62, 247.64°)
OKLab	oklab(61.21% -0.0639 -0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(61.21% 0.106 233)
XYZ	xyz(19.7917, 23.5503, 49.3921)
Luminance	0.2355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#338EB9 #B95E33

analogous

#33B9A1 #338EB9 #334BB9

triadic

#338EB9 #B9338E #8EB933

tetradic

#338EB9 #A133B9 #B95E33 #4BB933

square

#338EB9 #A133B9 #B95E33 #4BB933

split-complementary

#338EB9 #B9334B #B9A133

monochromatic

#194459 #266989 #338EB9 #58AAD1 #88C3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#338EB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#338EB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #338EB9

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##338EB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##338EB9	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798DBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6780B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #338eb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 142, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.106 233.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cafce',
    500: '#338eb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #338eb9;
$custom-light: #7cafce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#338eb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.254,
    "s": 56.78,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61207,
    "c": 0.10619,
    "h": 233
  },
  "luminance": 0.23553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#338EB9

secondary

#C89780

accent

#7948E0

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #338EB9

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

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