#3238A5#3238A5

#3238A5 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.172 H 273.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3238A5
RGB	rgb(50, 56, 165)
HSL	hsl(237, 53%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(237, 70%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 66.1%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.97, 34.06, -59.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.97, 68.49, 299.83°)
OKLab	oklab(41.02% 0.0106 -0.1716)
OKLCH	oklch(41.02% 0.172 273.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.5188, 6.2222, 36.2894)
Luminance	0.0622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.63

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3238A5 #A59F32

analogous

#3271A5 #3238A5 #6632A5

triadic

#3238A5 #A53238 #38A532

tetradic

#3238A5 #A53271 #A59F32 #32A566

square

#3238A5 #A53271 #A59F32 #32A566

split-complementary

#3238A5 #A56632 #71A532

monochromatic

#161847 #242876 #3238A5 #4C52C9 #7B7FD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.36

#3238A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#3238A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3238A5

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3238A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3238A5	1.00	9.36	2.24	9.36
#FFFFFF	9.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005569

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3238a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(50, 56, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.172 273.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a6fc1',
    500: '#3238a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3238a5;
$custom-light: #7a6fc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3238a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 50,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.87,
    "s": 53.488,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41016,
    "c": 0.17189,
    "h": 273.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3238A5

secondary

#BFBB73

accent

#D54BDD

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFECF8

border

#CAC7D1

text

#0A0712

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3238A5

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

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