#3281A5#3281A5

#3281A5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.094 H 231.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3281A5
RGB	rgb(50, 129, 165)
HSL	hsl(199, 53%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(199, 70%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 21.8%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.80, -12.10, -26.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.80, 28.84, 245.19°)
OKLab	oklab(57.06% -0.0584 -0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(57.06% 0.094 231.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.9545, 19.0935, 38.4346)
Luminance	0.1910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3281A5 #A55632

analogous

#32A590 #3281A5 #3247A5

triadic

#3281A5 #A53281 #81A532

tetradic

#3281A5 #9032A5 #A55632 #47A532

square

#3281A5 #9032A5 #A55632 #47A532

split-complementary

#3281A5 #A53247 #A59032

monochromatic

#163847 #245C76 #3281A5 #4CA1C9 #7BBAD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#3281A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#3281A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3281A5

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3281A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3281A5	1.00	4.36	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F7FA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F74A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3281a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(50, 129, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.094 231.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78a5bf',
    500: '#3281a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3281a5;
$custom-light: #78a5bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3281a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 50,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.783,
    "s": 53.488,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57062,
    "c": 0.09383,
    "h": 231.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3281A5

secondary

#BF8B73

accent

#794BDD

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A0F12

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3281A5

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

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