#318EC9#318EC9

#318EC9 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.123 H 241.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#318EC9
RGB	rgb(49, 142, 201)
HSL	hsl(203, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(203, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 29.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.30, -7.09, -38.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.30, 38.85, 259.48°)
OKLab	oklab(61.96% -0.0596 -0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(61.96% 0.123 241.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.4781, 24.2135, 58.7887)
Luminance	0.2422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#318EC9 #C96C31

analogous

#31C9B8 #318EC9 #3142C9

triadic

#318EC9 #C9318E #8EC931

tetradic

#318EC9 #B831C9 #C96C31 #42C931

square

#318EC9 #B831C9 #C96C31 #42C931

split-complementary

#318EC9 #C93142 #C9B831

monochromatic

#194867 #256B98 #318EC9 #5FA9D8 #90C4E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#318EC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#318EC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #318EC9

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##318EC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##318EC9	1.00	3.59	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#728FCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E81C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #318ec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(49, 142, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.123 241.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eaed9',
    500: '#318ec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #318ec9;
$custom-light: #7eaed9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#318ec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 49,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.289,
    "s": 60.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61958,
    "c": 0.12343,
    "h": 241.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#318EC9

secondary

#CFA387

accent

#8244E4

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0B1014

muted

#7C7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #318EC9

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

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