#3182C9#3182C9

#3182C9 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.134 H 248.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3182C9
RGB	rgb(49, 130, 201)
HSL	hsl(208, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(208, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 35.3%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.77, -0.07, -43.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.77, 43.77, 269.91°)
OKLab	oklab(59.17% -0.0484 -0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(59.17% 0.134 248.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.7879, 20.8330, 58.2253)
Luminance	0.2084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3182C9 #C97831

analogous

#31C9C4 #3182C9 #3136C9

triadic

#3182C9 #C93182 #82C931

tetradic

#3182C9 #C431C9 #C97831 #36C931

square

#3182C9 #C431C9 #C97831 #36C931

split-complementary

#3182C9 #C93136 #C9C431

monochromatic

#194267 #256298 #3182C9 #5FA0D8 #90BDE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#3182C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#3182C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3182C9

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3182C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3182C9	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6186CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B78C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00939C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3182c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(49, 130, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.134 248.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ea5da',
    500: '#3182c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3182c9;
$custom-light: #7ea5da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3182c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 49,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.026,
    "s": 60.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5917,
    "c": 0.13362,
    "h": 248.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3182C9

secondary

#CFA987

accent

#8F44E4

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#EFF4FA

border

#CACED3

text

#0B0F15

muted

#7C7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3182C9

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

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