#3238B2#3238B2

#3238B2 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.189 H 272.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3238B2
RGB	rgb(50, 56, 178)
HSL	hsl(237, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(237, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 68.5%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.16, 38.62, -65.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.16, 75.82, 300.62°)
OKLab	oklab(42.25% 0.0093 -0.1886)
OKLCH	oklch(42.25% 0.189 272.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.7628, 6.7197, 42.8407)
Luminance	0.0672 (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

#3238B2 #B2AC32

analogous

#3278B2 #3238B2 #6C32B2

triadic

#3238B2 #B23238 #38B232

tetradic

#3238B2 #B23278 #B2AC32 #32B26C

square

#3238B2 #B23278 #B2AC32 #32B26C

split-complementary

#3238B2 #B26C32 #78B232

monochromatic

#171A52 #252982 #3238B2 #5358CF #8287DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.96

#3238B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#3238B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3238B2

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3238B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3238B2	1.00	8.96	2.34	8.96
#FFFFFF	8.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005970

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3238b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(50, 56, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.189 272.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d6fca',
    500: '#3238b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3238b2;
$custom-light: #7d6fca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3238b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 50,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.188,
    "s": 56.14,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42248,
    "c": 0.18886,
    "h": 272.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3238B2

secondary

#C5C27B

accent

#D848DF

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFECF9

border

#CAC7D2

text

#0B0713

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3238B2

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

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