#318BAD#318BAD

#318BAD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.098 H 227.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#318BAD
RGB	rgb(49, 139, 173)
HSL	hsl(196, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(196, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 19.7%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.17, -15.11, -25.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.17, 29.71, 239.43°)
OKLab	oklab(59.86% -0.0663 -0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(59.86% 0.098 227.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.0390, 22.1333, 42.8485)
Luminance	0.2213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#318BAD #AD5331

analogous

#31AD91 #318BAD #314DAD

triadic

#318BAD #AD318B #8BAD31

tetradic

#318BAD #9131AD #AD5331 #4DAD31

square

#318BAD #9131AD #AD5331 #4DAD31

split-complementary

#318BAD #AD314D #AD9131

monochromatic

#163E4E #23657D #318BAD #4EAACD #7EC1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#318BAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#318BAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #318BAD

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##318BAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##318BAD	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7988AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687CAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #318bad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(49, 139, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.098 227.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aadc5',
    500: '#318bad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #318bad;
$custom-light: #7aadc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#318bad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 49,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.452,
    "s": 55.856,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59856,
    "c": 0.09765,
    "h": 227.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#318BAD

secondary

#C38C77

accent

#7249DF

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #318BAD

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

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