#3281B6#3281B6

#3281B6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.112 H 241.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3281B6
RGB	rgb(50, 129, 182)
HSL	hsl(204, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(204, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 29.1%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.56, -6.18, -34.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.56, 35.36, 259.94°)
OKLab	oklab(57.92% -0.0525 -0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(57.92% 0.112 241.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.6059, 19.7540, 47.1319)
Luminance	0.1976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3281B6 #B66732

analogous

#32B6A9 #3281B6 #323FB6

triadic

#3281B6 #B63281 #81B632

tetradic

#3281B6 #A932B6 #B66732 #3FB632

square

#3281B6 #A932B6 #B66732 #3FB632

split-complementary

#3281B6 #B6323F #B6A932

monochromatic

#183D56 #255F86 #3281B6 #559FD0 #85BADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#3281B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#3281B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3281B6

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3281B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3281B6	1.00	4.24	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6982B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5675B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3281b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(50, 129, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.112 241.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ba5cc',
    500: '#3281b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3281b6;
$custom-light: #7ba5cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3281b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 50,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.091,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57917,
    "c": 0.11155,
    "h": 241.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3281B6

secondary

#C79B7D

accent

#8548E0

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F8

border

#CACED1

text

#0B0F13

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3281B6

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

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