#3281A4#3281A4

#3281A4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.093 H 230.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3281A4
RGB	rgb(50, 129, 164)
HSL	hsl(198, 53%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(198, 70%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 21.3%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.75, -12.44, -25.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.75, 28.52, 244.14°)
OKLab	oklab(57.01% -0.0588 -0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(57.01% 0.093 230.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.8638, 19.0572, 37.9571)
Luminance	0.1906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3281A4 #A45532

analogous

#32A48E #3281A4 #3248A4

triadic

#3281A4 #A43281 #81A432

tetradic

#3281A4 #8E32A4 #A45532 #48A432

square

#3281A4 #8E32A4 #A45532 #48A432

split-complementary

#3281A4 #A43248 #A48E32

monochromatic

#153746 #245C75 #3281A4 #4BA2C8 #7ABAD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#3281A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#3281A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3281A4

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3281A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3281A4	1.00	4.36	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F7FA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6074A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3281a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(50, 129, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.093 230.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78a5bf',
    500: '#3281a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3281a4;
$custom-light: #78a5bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3281a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 50,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.421,
    "s": 53.271,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57014,
    "c": 0.09292,
    "h": 230.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3281A4

secondary

#BF8A73

accent

#784BDD

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A0F12

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3281A4

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

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