#3281AD#3281AD

#3281AD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.102 H 236.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3281AD
RGB	rgb(50, 129, 173)
HSL	hsl(201, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(201, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 25.4%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.14, -9.34, -30.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.14, 31.68, 252.85°)
OKLab	oklab(57.45% -0.0555 -0.0852)
OKLCH	oklch(57.45% 0.102 236.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.7055, 19.3939, 42.3900)
Luminance	0.1940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3281AD #AD5E32

analogous

#32AD9B #3281AD #3244AD

triadic

#3281AD #AD3281 #81AD32

tetradic

#3281AD #9B32AD #AD5E32 #44AD32

square

#3281AD #9B32AD #AD5E32 #44AD32

split-complementary

#3281AD #AD3244 #AD9B32

monochromatic

#173A4E #245E7E #3281AD #50A0CC #7FBADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#3281AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#3281AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3281AD

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3281AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3281AD	1.00	4.30	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C81AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B75AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3281ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(50, 129, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.102 236.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79a5c5',
    500: '#3281ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3281ad;
$custom-light: #79a5c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3281ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 50,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.463,
    "s": 55.157,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57454,
    "c": 0.10173,
    "h": 236.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3281AD

secondary

#C39378

accent

#7F49DE

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A0F13

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3281AD

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

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