#3281B4#3281B4

#3281B4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.109 H 240.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3281B4
RGB	rgb(50, 129, 180)
HSL	hsl(204, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(204, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 28.3%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.46, -6.89, -33.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.46, 34.50, 258.49°)
OKLab	oklab(57.81% -0.0532 -0.0955)
OKLCH	oklch(57.81% 0.109 240.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.4007, 19.6720, 46.0512)
Luminance	0.1967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3281B4 #B46532

analogous

#32B4A6 #3281B4 #3240B4

triadic

#3281B4 #B43281 #81B432

tetradic

#3281B4 #A632B4 #B46532 #40B432

square

#3281B4 #A632B4 #B46532 #40B432

split-complementary

#3281B4 #B43240 #B4A632

monochromatic

#173C54 #255F84 #3281B4 #549FCF #84BADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#3281B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#3281B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3281B4

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3281B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3281B4	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)

#6982B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5875B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3281b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(50, 129, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.109 240.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7aa5ca',
    500: '#3281b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3281b4;
$custom-light: #7aa5ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3281b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 50,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.538,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57812,
    "c": 0.1093,
    "h": 240.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3281B4

secondary

#C6997C

accent

#8448E0

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0A0F13

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3281B4

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

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