#3281B9#3281B9

#3281B9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.115 H 243.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3281B9
RGB	rgb(50, 129, 185)
HSL	hsl(205, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(205, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 30.3%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.70, -5.11, -36.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.70, 36.67, 261.99°)
OKLab	oklab(58.08% -0.0516 -0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(58.08% 0.115 243.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.9192, 19.8794, 48.7822)
Luminance	0.1988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3281B9 #B96A32

analogous

#32B9AD #3281B9 #323DB9

triadic

#3281B9 #B93281 #81B932

tetradic

#3281B9 #AD32B9 #B96A32 #3DB932

square

#3281B9 #AD32B9 #B96A32 #3DB932

split-complementary

#3281B9 #B9323D #B9AD32

monochromatic

#183E59 #255F89 #3281B9 #579FD2 #87BADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#3281B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#3281B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3281B9

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3281B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3281B9	1.00	4.22	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6782BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5576B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3281b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(50, 129, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.115 243.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ba5ce',
    500: '#3281b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3281b9;
$custom-light: #7ba5ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3281b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 50,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.889,
    "s": 57.447,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58077,
    "c": 0.11499,
    "h": 243.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3281B9

secondary

#C89D7F

accent

#8747E1

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B0F13

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3281B9

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

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