#3238AE#3238AE

#3238AE is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.184 H 273.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3238AE
RGB	rgb(50, 56, 174)
HSL	hsl(237, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(237, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 67.8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.79, 37.23, -63.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.79, 73.58, 300.39°)
OKLab	oklab(41.86% 0.0097 -0.1834)
OKLCH	oklch(41.86% 0.184 273)
XYZ	xyz(10.3670, 6.5614, 40.7563)
Luminance	0.0656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3238AE #AEA832

analogous

#3276AE #3238AE #6A32AE

triadic

#3238AE #AE3238 #38AE32

tetradic

#3238AE #AE3276 #AEA832 #32AE6A

square

#3238AE #AE3276 #AEA832 #32AE6A

split-complementary

#3238AE #AE6A32 #76AE32

monochromatic

#17194F #24297E #3238AE #5056CD #8084DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.08

#3238AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#3238AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3238AE

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3238AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3238AE	1.00	9.08	2.31	9.08
#FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00586E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3238ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(50, 56, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.184 273.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c6fc7',
    500: '#3238ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3238ae;
$custom-light: #7c6fc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3238ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 50,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.097,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41864,
    "c": 0.1837,
    "h": 273
  },
  "luminance": 0.06562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3238AE

secondary

#C4C078

accent

#D749DF

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFECF8

border

#CAC7D1

text

#0B0713

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3238AE

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

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