#318BAC#318BAC

#318BAC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.097 H 226.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#318BAC
RGB	rgb(49, 139, 172)
HSL	hsl(196, 56%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(196, 72%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.5%, 19.2%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.13, -15.45, -25.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.13, 29.45, 238.36°)
OKLab	oklab(59.81% -0.0667 -0.0702)
OKLCH	oklch(59.81% 0.097 226.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.9426, 22.0947, 42.3408)
Luminance	0.2210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#318BAC #AC5231

analogous

#31AC8F #318BAC #314DAC

triadic

#318BAC #AC318B #8BAC31

tetradic

#318BAC #8F31AC #AC5231 #4DAC31

square

#318BAC #8F31AC #AC5231 #4DAC31

split-complementary

#318BAC #AC314D #AC8F31

monochromatic

#163E4D #23657C #318BAC #4EAACC #7DC1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#318BAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#318BAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #318BAC

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##318BAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##318BAC	1.00	3.87	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7988AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687CAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #318bac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(49, 139, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.097 226.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79adc4',
    500: '#318bac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #318bac;
$custom-light: #79adc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#318bac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 49,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.098,
    "s": 55.656,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5981,
    "c": 0.09684,
    "h": 226.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#318BAC

secondary

#C38B76

accent

#7149DF

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #318BAC

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

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