#3172C9#3172C9

#3172C9 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.150 H 256.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3172C9
RGB	rgb(49, 114, 201)
HSL	hsl(214, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(214, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 43.3%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.14, 9.73, -51.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.14, 52.06, 280.78°)
OKLab	oklab(55.56% -0.0343 -0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(55.56% 0.15 256.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.8227, 16.9026, 57.5702)
Luminance	0.1691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3172C9 #C98831

analogous

#31BEC9 #3172C9 #3C31C9

triadic

#3172C9 #C93172 #72C931

tetradic

#3172C9 #C931BE #C98831 #31C93C

square

#3172C9 #C931BE #C98831 #31C93C

split-complementary

#3172C9 #C93C31 #BEC931

monochromatic

#193A67 #255698 #3172C9 #5F93D8 #90B4E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#3172C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#3172C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3172C9

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3172C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3172C9	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#477ACC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A6CC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008794

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3172c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(49, 114, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.150 256.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e9ada',
    500: '#3172c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3172c9;
$custom-light: #7e9ada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3172c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 49,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.342,
    "s": 60.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55558,
    "c": 0.15038,
    "h": 256.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3172C9

secondary

#CFB087

accent

#9F44E4

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#EFF2FB

border

#CACCD4

text

#0B0D15

muted

#7C7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3172C9

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

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