#3278B6#3278B6

#3278B6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.119 H 248.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3278B6
RGB	rgb(50, 120, 182)
HSL	hsl(208, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(208, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 34.1%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.87, -0.83, -39.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.87, 39.05, 268.78°)
OKLab	oklab(55.79% -0.0437 -0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(55.79% 0.119 248.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.4722, 17.4866, 46.7540)
Luminance	0.1749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3278B6 #B67032

analogous

#32B6B2 #3278B6 #3236B6

triadic

#3278B6 #B63278 #78B632

tetradic

#3278B6 #B232B6 #B67032 #36B632

square

#3278B6 #B232B6 #B67032 #36B632

split-complementary

#3278B6 #B63236 #B6B232

monochromatic

#183956 #255886 #3278B6 #5596D0 #85B4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#3278B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#3278B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3278B6

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3278B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3278B6	1.00	4.67	4.50	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C7BB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#496EB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00878E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3278b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(50, 120, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.119 248.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b9ecc',
    500: '#3278b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3278b6;
$custom-light: #7b9ecc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3278b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 50,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.182,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55795,
    "c": 0.11915,
    "h": 248.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3278B6

secondary

#C7A07D

accent

#8F48E0

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#EFF2F9

border

#CACCD2

text

#0A0E13

muted

#7C7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3278B6

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

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