#3281BE#3281BE

#3281BE is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.121 H 245.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3281BE
RGB	rgb(50, 129, 190)
HSL	hsl(206, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(206, 74%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 32.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.94, -3.32, -38.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.94, 38.94, 265.11°)
OKLab	oklab(58.35% -0.0501 -0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(58.35% 0.121 245.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.4564, 20.0942, 51.6111)
Luminance	0.2010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3281BE #BE6F32

analogous

#32BEB5 #3281BE #323BBE

triadic

#3281BE #BE3281 #81BE32

tetradic

#3281BE #B532BE #BE6F32 #3BBE32

square

#3281BE #B532BE #BE6F32 #3BBE32

split-complementary

#3281BE #BE323B #BEB532

monochromatic

#193F5D #25608E #3281BE #5A9ED3 #8ABBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#3281BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#3281BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3281BE

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3281BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3281BE	1.00	4.18	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6583C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5176BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3281be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(50, 129, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.121 245.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ca5d2',
    500: '#3281be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3281be;
$custom-light: #7ca5d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3281be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 50,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.143,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58349,
    "c": 0.12085,
    "h": 245.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3281BE

secondary

#CAA182

accent

#8A46E2

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0B0F14

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3281BE

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

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