#3281B2#3281B2

#3281B2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.107 H 239.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3281B2
RGB	rgb(50, 129, 178)
HSL	hsl(203, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(203, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 27.5%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.37, -7.59, -32.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.37, 33.67, 256.97°)
OKLab	oklab(57.71% -0.0538 -0.0926)
OKLCH	oklch(57.71% 0.107 239.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.1984, 19.5910, 44.9859)
Luminance	0.1959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3281B2 #B26332

analogous

#32B2A3 #3281B2 #3241B2

triadic

#3281B2 #B23281 #81B232

tetradic

#3281B2 #A332B2 #B26332 #41B232

square

#3281B2 #A332B2 #B26332 #41B232

split-complementary

#3281B2 #B23241 #B2A332

monochromatic

#173C52 #255E82 #3281B2 #539FCF #82BADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#3281B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#3281B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3281B2

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3281B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3281B2	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A81B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5975B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3281b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(50, 129, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.107 239.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aa5c9',
    500: '#3281b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3281b2;
$custom-light: #7aa5c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3281b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 50,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.969,
    "s": 56.14,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57709,
    "c": 0.10708,
    "h": 239.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3281B2

secondary

#C5977B

accent

#8248DF

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A0F13

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3281B2

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

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