#3281A0#3281A0

#3281A0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.089 H 227.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3281A0
RGB	rgb(50, 129, 160)
HSL	hsl(197, 52%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(197, 69%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 19.4%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.59, -13.80, -23.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.59, 27.34, 239.69°)
OKLab	oklab(56.83% -0.0603 -0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(56.83% 0.089 227.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.5083, 18.9150, 36.0845)
Luminance	0.1892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3281A0 #A05132

analogous

#32A088 #3281A0 #324AA0

triadic

#3281A0 #A03281 #81A032

tetradic

#3281A0 #8832A0 #A05132 #4AA032

square

#3281A0 #8832A0 #A05132 #4AA032

split-complementary

#3281A0 #A0324A #A08832

monochromatic

#153643 #235B71 #3281A0 #49A3C6 #78BAD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#3281A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#3281A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3281A0

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3281A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3281A0	1.00	4.39	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#717FA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6174A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3281a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(50, 129, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.089 227.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77a5bc',
    500: '#3281a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3281a0;
$custom-light: #77a5bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3281a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 50,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.909,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56826,
    "c": 0.08942,
    "h": 227.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3281A0

secondary

#BD8671

accent

#754CDC

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A0F12

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3281A0

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

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