#3279B9#3279B9

#3279B9 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.122 H 248.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3279B9
RGB	rgb(50, 121, 185)
HSL	hsl(208, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(208, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 34.6%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.32, -0.35, -40.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.32, 40.07, 269.50°)
OKLab	oklab(56.2% -0.0438 -0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(56.2% 0.122 248.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.9064, 17.8537, 48.4446)
Luminance	0.1786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3279B9 #B97232

analogous

#32B9B5 #3279B9 #3236B9

triadic

#3279B9 #B93279 #79B932

tetradic

#3279B9 #B532B9 #B97232 #36B932

square

#3279B9 #B532B9 #B97232 #36B932

split-complementary

#3279B9 #B93236 #B9B532

monochromatic

#183A59 #255989 #3279B9 #5797D2 #87B5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#3279B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#3279B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3279B9

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3279B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3279B9	1.00	4.59	4.57	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C7CBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4870B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3279b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(50, 121, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.122 248.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b9fce',
    500: '#3279b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3279b9;
$custom-light: #7b9fce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3279b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 50,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.444,
    "s": 57.447,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.562,
    "c": 0.12197,
    "h": 248.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3279B9

secondary

#C8A17F

accent

#9047E1

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#EFF2F9

border

#CACCD2

text

#0B0E13

muted

#7C7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3279B9

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

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