#3172C3#3172C3

#3172C3 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.142 H 255.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3172C3
RGB	rgb(49, 114, 195)
HSL	hsl(213, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(213, 75%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.9%, 41.5%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.78, 7.50, -48.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.78, 48.84, 278.83°)
OKLab	oklab(55.17% -0.0355 -0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(55.17% 0.142 255.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.1306, 16.6258, 53.9254)
Luminance	0.1663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3172C3 #C38231

analogous

#31BBC3 #3172C3 #3931C3

triadic

#3172C3 #C33172 #72C331

tetradic

#3172C3 #C331BB #C38231 #31C339

square

#3172C3 #C331BB #C38231 #31C339

split-complementary

#3172C3 #C33931 #BBC331

monochromatic

#183961 #255592 #3172C3 #5B92D6 #8CB2E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#3172C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#3172C3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3172C3

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3172C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3172C3	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B79C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#326BC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008591

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3172c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(49, 114, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.142 255.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d9ad5',
    500: '#3172c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3172c3;
$custom-light: #7d9ad5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3172c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 49,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.288,
    "s": 59.836,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55171,
    "c": 0.14245,
    "h": 255.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3172C3

secondary

#CCAC83

accent

#9D45E3

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#EFF2FA

border

#CACCD3

text

#0B0D14

muted

#7C7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3172C3

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

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