#3281B8#3281B8

#3281B8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.114 H 242.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#3281B8
RGBrgb(50, 129, 184)
HSLhsl(205, 57%, 46%)
HSVhsv(205, 73%, 72%)
CMYKcmyk(72.8%, 29.9%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LABlab(51.65, -5.47, -35.81)
CIE-LCHlch(51.65, 36.23, 261.32°)
OKLaboklab(58.02% -0.0519 -0.1013)
OKLCHoklch(58.02% 0.114 242.9)
XYZxyz(17.8140, 19.8373, 48.2282)
Luminance0.1984 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#3281B8 #B86932
analogous
#32B8AC #3281B8 #323EB8
triadic
#3281B8 #B83281 #81B832
tetradic
#3281B8 #AC32B8 #B86932 #3EB832
square
#3281B8 #AC32B8 #B86932 #3EB832
split-complementary
#3281B8 #B8323E #B8AC32
monochromatic
#183E58 #255F88 #3281B8 #569FD1 #86BADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23
#3281B8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97
#3281B8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3281B8
4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##3281B8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##3281B81.004.234.974.97
#FFFFFF4.231.0021.0021.00
#0000004.9721.001.001.00
##0000004.9721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#6882BA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5575B7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#008F94
Achromatopsia (no color)
#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #3281b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(50, 129, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.114 242.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ba5cd',
    500: '#3281b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #3281b8;
$custom-light: #7ba5cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#3281b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 50,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.627,
    "s": 57.265,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58024,
    "c": 0.11383,
    "h": 242.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#3281B8
secondary
#C89C7E
accent
#8647E1
background
#F8FAFC
surface
#EFF4F9
border
#CACED2
text
#0B0F13
muted
#7C7F82

Preview Lab

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#3281B8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva