#2281A3#2281A3

#2281A3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.099 H 227.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2281A3
RGB	rgb(34, 129, 163)
HSL	hsl(196, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(196, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.1%, 20.9%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.31, -14.93, -25.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.31, 29.81, 239.94°)
OKLab	oklab(56.54% -0.067 -0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(56.54% 0.099 227.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.1181, 18.6831, 37.4526)
Luminance	0.1868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2281A3 #A34422

analogous

#22A384 #2281A3 #2240A3

triadic

#2281A3 #A32281 #81A322

tetradic

#2281A3 #8422A3 #A34422 #40A322

square

#2281A3 #8422A3 #A34422 #40A322

split-complementary

#2281A3 #A32240 #A38422

monochromatic

#0D313E #175970 #2281A3 #2FA8D4 #61BDDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#2281A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#2281A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2281A3

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2281A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2281A3	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F7FA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E72A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2281a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 129, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.099 227.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72a5be',
    500: '#2281a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2281a3;
$custom-light: #72a5be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2281a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.814,
    "s": 65.482,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56535,
    "c": 0.09872,
    "h": 227.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2281A3

secondary

#C3785E

accent

#6C3FE8

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#090F12

muted

#7B7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2281A3

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

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