#3281C9#3281C9

#3281C9 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.134 H 249.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3281C9
RGB	rgb(50, 129, 201)
HSL	hsl(209, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(209, 75%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.1%, 35.8%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.50, 0.66, -44.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.50, 44.20, 270.85°)
OKLab	oklab(58.97% -0.047 -0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(58.97% 0.134 249.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.7043, 20.5934, 58.1835)
Luminance	0.2060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3281C9 #C97A32

analogous

#32C9C6 #3281C9 #3236C9

triadic

#3281C9 #C93281 #81C932

tetradic

#3281C9 #C632C9 #C97A32 #36C932

square

#3281C9 #C632C9 #C97A32 #36C932

split-complementary

#3281C9 #C93236 #C9C632

monochromatic

#1A4267 #266298 #3281C9 #619FD8 #92BDE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#3281C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#3281C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3281C9

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3281C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3281C9	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6085CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4977C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00929B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3281c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(50, 129, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.134 249.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ea5da',
    500: '#3281c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3281c9;
$custom-light: #7ea5da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3281c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 50,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.609,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5897,
    "c": 0.13424,
    "h": 249.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3281C9

secondary

#CFAA88

accent

#9044E3

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0B0F15

muted

#7C7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3281C9

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

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