#3281BB#3281BB

#3281BB is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.117 H 244.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3281BB
RGB	rgb(50, 129, 187)
HSL	hsl(205, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(205, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.3%, 31%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.80, -4.40, -37.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.80, 37.57, 263.28°)
OKLab	oklab(58.18% -0.051 -0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(58.18% 0.117 244.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.1318, 19.9644, 49.9020)
Luminance	0.1997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3281BB #BB6C32

analogous

#32BBB1 #3281BB #323DBB

triadic

#3281BB #BB3281 #81BB32

tetradic

#3281BB #B132BB #BB6C32 #3DBB32

square

#3281BB #B132BB #BB6C32 #3DBB32

split-complementary

#3281BB #BB323D #BBB132

monochromatic

#183E5A #25608B #3281BB #589ED2 #88BADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#3281BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#3281BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3281BB

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3281BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3281BB	1.00	4.21	4.99	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6683BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5376BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3281bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(50, 129, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.117 244.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ca5cf',
    500: '#3281bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3281bb;
$custom-light: #7ca5cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3281bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 50,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.401,
    "s": 57.806,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58185,
    "c": 0.11732,
    "h": 244.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3281BB

secondary

#C99F80

accent

#8847E1

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B0F14

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3281BB

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

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