#318DAD#318DAD

#318DAD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.097 H 225.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#318DAD
RGB	rgb(49, 141, 173)
HSL	hsl(195, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(195, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 18.5%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.78, -16.21, -24.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.78, 29.49, 236.66°)
OKLab	oklab(60.35% -0.0684 -0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(60.35% 0.097 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.3312, 22.7178, 42.9459)
Luminance	0.2272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#318DAD #AD5131

analogous

#31AD8F #318DAD #314FAD

triadic

#318DAD #AD318D #8DAD31

tetradic

#318DAD #8F31AD #AD5131 #4FAD31

square

#318DAD #8F31AD #AD5131 #4FAD31

split-complementary

#318DAD #AD314F #AD8F31

monochromatic

#163F4E #23667D #318DAD #4EACCD #7EC3DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#318DAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#318DAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #318DAD

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##318DAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##318DAD	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8AAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7EAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #318dad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(49, 141, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.097 225.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aaec5',
    500: '#318dad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #318dad;
$custom-light: #7aaec5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#318dad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 49,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.484,
    "s": 55.856,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60346,
    "c": 0.09711,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#318DAD

secondary

#C38A77

accent

#6F49DF

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #318DAD

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

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