#3238A4#3238A4

#3238A4 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.171 H 273.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3238A4
RGB	rgb(50, 56, 164)
HSL	hsl(237, 53%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(237, 70%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 65.9%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.88, 33.71, -58.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.88, 67.91, 299.76°)
OKLab	oklab(40.92% 0.0106 -0.1702)
OKLCH	oklch(40.92% 0.171 273.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.4282, 6.1859, 35.8119)
Luminance	0.0619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.75

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3238A4 #A49E32

analogous

#3271A4 #3238A4 #6532A4

triadic

#3238A4 #A43238 #38A432

tetradic

#3238A4 #A43271 #A49E32 #32A465

square

#3238A4 #A43271 #A49E32 #32A465

split-complementary

#3238A4 #A46532 #71A432

monochromatic

#151846 #242875 #3238A4 #4B52C8 #7A7FD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.39

#3238A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#3238A4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3238A4

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3238A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3238A4	1.00	9.39	2.24	9.39
#FFFFFF	9.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005469

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3238a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(50, 56, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.171 273.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#796fc0',
    500: '#3238a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3238a4;
$custom-light: #796fc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3238a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 50,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.842,
    "s": 53.271,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40923,
    "c": 0.17056,
    "h": 273.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3238A4

secondary

#BFBB73

accent

#D54BDD

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFECF7

border

#CAC7D0

text

#0A0712

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3238A4

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

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