#3261CC

sRGB: 50 / 97 / 204

#3261CC belongs to the azure family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 50 red, 97 green and 204 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 221.7° lands in the azure region. Its 60.6% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 49.8% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, white has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (5.65:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 50, 97, 204
HSL: 221.69°, 60.63%, 49.80%
HSV / HSB: 221.69°, 75.49%, 80.00%
CMYK (approx.): 75.49%, 52.45%, 0.00%, 20.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 16.488, 13.586, 58.882
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 43.634, 21.814, -60.116
WCAG relative luminance: 0.13587
24-bit decimal: 3301836

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #3261CC in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 3.72:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: AA

White text: 5.65:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#CC9D32 sits half a turn (180°) from #3261CC on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#3261CC #CC9D32

Analogous

#32AECC and #5032CC sit 30° to either side of #3261CC. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#32AECC #3261CC #5032CC

Triadic

#3261CC, #CC3261 and #61CC32 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#3261CC #CC3261 #61CC32

Split complementary

Start at #3261CC and look across the wheel. #CC5032 and #AECC32 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#3261CC #CC5032 #AECC32

Square

Starting with #3261CC, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #CC32AE, #CC9D32, then #32CC50. Across the square, #3261CC pairs with #CC9D32, and #CC32AE with #32CC50.

#3261CC #CC32AE #CC9D32 #32CC50

Tetradic

#3261CC and #CC9D32 are opposites, as are #9D32CC and #61CC32. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#3261CC #9D32CC #CC9D32 #61CC32

Tints

Mixing #3261CC with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #5B81D6, keeps 80% of the original. By #D6DFF5, the mixture is 80% white.

#3261CC #5B81D6 #84A0E0 #ADC0EB #D6DFF5 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #3261CC with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #284EA3, keeps 80% of the original. By #0A1329, the mixture is 80% black.

#3261CC #284EA3 #1E3A7A #142752 #0A1329 #000000

Tones

Mixing #3261CC with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #4267BD, keeps 80% of the original. By #707A8F, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#3261CC #4267BD #516DAE #61749E #707A8F #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#3261CC

RGB

rgb(50 97 204)

HSL

hsl(221.688 60.630% 49.804%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #3261CC;
  color: #FFFFFF;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#3261CC uses 50 red, 97 green and 204 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 19.6%

Green 38.0%

Blue 80.0%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #3261CC is 75.5% cyan, 52.5% magenta, 0.0% yellow and 20.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 75.5%

Magenta 52.5%

Yellow 0.0%

Black 20.0%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #3366CC. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #36C in CSS. For a modern design, keep #3261CC when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #3366CC, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #3366CC Nearest web-safe: #3366CC

Gradient to complement

#3261CC #4C6BB2 #657599 #7F7F7F #998965 #B2934C #CC9D32

Color vision previews

Compare how #3261CC appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#146FD0

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#0060CA

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#007B8D

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#1E69CE

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#0062CB

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#186AB8

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#676767

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#5264A4

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.03190 G 0.11954 B 0.60383

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.24128 G 0.37595 B 0.77295

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.04746 G 0.11663 B 0.55900

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.185 y 0.153 Y 13.586

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 80.392 M % 61.961 Y % 20.000

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

00110010 01100001 11001100