#3281B5#3281B5

#3281B5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.110 H 241.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3281B5
RGB	rgb(50, 129, 181)
HSL	hsl(204, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(204, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 28.7%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.51, -6.53, -34.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.51, 34.93, 259.22°)
OKLab	oklab(57.87% -0.0529 -0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(57.87% 0.11 241.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.5029, 19.7128, 46.5896)
Luminance	0.1971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3281B5 #B56632

analogous

#32B5A8 #3281B5 #323FB5

triadic

#3281B5 #B53281 #81B532

tetradic

#3281B5 #A832B5 #B56632 #3FB532

square

#3281B5 #A832B5 #B56632 #3FB532

split-complementary

#3281B5 #B5323F #B5A832

monochromatic

#183D55 #255F85 #3281B5 #549FD0 #84BADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#3281B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#3281B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3281B5

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3281B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3281B5	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6982B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5775B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3281b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(50, 129, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.110 241.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ba5cb',
    500: '#3281b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3281b5;
$custom-light: #7ba5cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3281b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 50,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.817,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57865,
    "c": 0.11042,
    "h": 241.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3281B5

secondary

#C79A7C

accent

#8448E0

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B0F13

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3281B5

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

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