#3238B5#3238B5

#3238B5 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.193 H 272.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3238B5
RGB	rgb(50, 56, 181)
HSL	hsl(237, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(237, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.4%, 69.1%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.44, 39.66, -66.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.44, 77.48, 300.79°)
OKLab	oklab(42.54% 0.0089 -0.1925)
OKLCH	oklch(42.54% 0.193 272.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.0673, 6.8415, 44.4444)
Luminance	0.0684 (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

#3238B5 #B5AF32

analogous

#3279B5 #3238B5 #6D32B5

triadic

#3238B5 #B53238 #38B532

tetradic

#3238B5 #B53279 #B5AF32 #32B56D

square

#3238B5 #B53279 #B5AF32 #32B56D

split-complementary

#3238B5 #B56D32 #79B532

monochromatic

#181A55 #252985 #3238B5 #545AD0 #8488DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.87

#3238B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#3238B5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3238B5

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3238B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3238B5	1.00	8.87	2.37	8.87
#FFFFFF	8.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3238b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(50, 56, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.193 272.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d6fcc',
    500: '#3238b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3238b5;
$custom-light: #7d6fcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3238b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 50,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.252,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42539,
    "c": 0.19269,
    "h": 272.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3238B5

secondary

#C7C37C

accent

#D948E0

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFECF9

border

#CAC7D2

text

#0B0714

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3238B5

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

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