#318CA8#318CA8

#318CA8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.094 H 222.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#318CA8
RGB	rgb(49, 140, 168)
HSL	hsl(194, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(194, 71%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 16.7%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.27, -17.33, -22.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.27, 28.44, 232.46°)
OKLab	oklab(59.88% -0.0693 -0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(59.88% 0.094 222.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.7097, 22.2343, 40.3965)
Luminance	0.2224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#318CA8 #A84D31

analogous

#31A889 #318CA8 #3150A8

triadic

#318CA8 #A8318C #8CA831

tetradic

#318CA8 #8931A8 #A84D31 #50A831

square

#318CA8 #8931A8 #A84D31 #50A831

split-complementary

#318CA8 #A83150 #A88931

monochromatic

#153D49 #236579 #318CA8 #4CADCB #7BC2D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#318CA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#318CA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #318CA8

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##318CA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##318CA8	1.00	3.86	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C89A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7DA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #318ca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(49, 140, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.094 222.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79adc2',
    500: '#318ca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #318ca8;
$custom-light: #79adc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#318ca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 49,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.118,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59875,
    "c": 0.09363,
    "h": 222.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#318CA8

secondary

#C18674

accent

#6D4ADE

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #318CA8

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

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