#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
RGB	rgb(50, 129, 184)
HSL	hsl(205, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(205, 73%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.8%, 29.9%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.65, -5.47, -35.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.65, 36.23, 261.32°)
OKLab	oklab(58.02% -0.0519 -0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(58.02% 0.114 242.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.8140, 19.8373, 48.2282)
Luminance	0.1984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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
##3281B8	1.00	4.23	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #3281B8

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

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