#3281B3#3281B3

#3281B3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.108 H 240.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3281B3
RGB	rgb(50, 129, 179)
HSL	hsl(203, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(203, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 27.9%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.42, -7.24, -33.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.42, 34.08, 257.74°)
OKLab	oklab(57.76% -0.0535 -0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(57.76% 0.108 240.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.2992, 19.6314, 45.5166)
Luminance	0.1963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3281B3 #B36432

analogous

#32B3A5 #3281B3 #3240B3

triadic

#3281B3 #B33281 #81B332

tetradic

#3281B3 #A532B3 #B36432 #40B332

square

#3281B3 #A532B3 #B36432 #40B332

split-complementary

#3281B3 #B33240 #B3A532

monochromatic

#173C53 #255F83 #3281B3 #539FCF #83BADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#3281B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#3281B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3281B3

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3281B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3281B3	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A81B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5875B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3281b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(50, 129, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.108 240.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aa5ca',
    500: '#3281b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3281b3;
$custom-light: #7aa5ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3281b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 50,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.256,
    "s": 56.332,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5776,
    "c": 0.10819,
    "h": 240.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3281B3

secondary

#C6987B

accent

#8348E0

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A0F13

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3281B3

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

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