#3279B8#3279B8

#3279B8 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.121 H 248.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3279B8
RGB	rgb(50, 121, 184)
HSL	hsl(208, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(208, 73%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.8%, 34.2%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.27, -0.71, -39.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.27, 39.58, 268.97°)
OKLab	oklab(56.14% -0.0441 -0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(56.14% 0.121 248.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.8012, 17.8117, 47.8906)
Luminance	0.1781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3279B8 #B87132

analogous

#32B8B4 #3279B8 #3236B8

triadic

#3279B8 #B83279 #79B832

tetradic

#3279B8 #B432B8 #B87132 #36B832

square

#3279B8 #B432B8 #B87132 #36B832

split-complementary

#3279B8 #B83236 #B8B432

monochromatic

#183A58 #255988 #3279B8 #5697D1 #86B5DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#3279B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#3279B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3279B8

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3279B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3279B8	1.00	4.60	4.56	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C7CBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#496FB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3279b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(50, 121, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.121 248.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b9fcd',
    500: '#3279b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3279b8;
$custom-light: #7b9fcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3279b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 50,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.209,
    "s": 57.265,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56143,
    "c": 0.12072,
    "h": 248.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3279B8

secondary

#C8A17E

accent

#8F47E1

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#EFF2F9

border

#CACCD2

text

#0B0E13

muted

#7C7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3279B8

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

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