#3398B8#3398B8

#3398B8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.102 H 223.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3398B8
RGB	rgb(51, 152, 184)
HSL	hsl(194, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(194, 72%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 17.4%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.62, -18.21, -24.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.62, 30.91, 233.91°)
OKLab	oklab(63.58% -0.0743 -0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(63.58% 0.102 223.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.2416, 26.6185, 49.3565)
Luminance	0.2662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3398B8 #B85333

analogous

#33B895 #3398B8 #3355B8

triadic

#3398B8 #B83398 #98B833

tetradic

#3398B8 #9533B8 #B85333 #55B833

square

#3398B8 #9533B8 #B85333 #55B833

split-complementary

#3398B8 #B83355 #B89533

monochromatic

#184958 #267088 #3398B8 #58B3D1 #88C9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#3398B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#3398B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3398B8

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3398B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3398B8	1.00	3.32	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8694BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7487B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3398b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 152, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.102 223.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7db6cd',
    500: '#3398b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3398b8;
$custom-light: #7db6cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3398b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.436,
    "s": 56.596,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6358,
    "c": 0.10199,
    "h": 223.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3398B8

secondary

#C8917F

accent

#6C48E0

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #3398B8

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

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