#3238B6#3238B6

#3238B6 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.194 H 272.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3238B6
RGB	rgb(50, 56, 182)
HSL	hsl(237, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(237, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 69.2%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.54, 40.01, -67.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.54, 78.03, 300.84°)
OKLab	oklab(42.64% 0.0088 -0.1937)
OKLCH	oklch(42.64% 0.194 272.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.1702, 6.8827, 44.9867)
Luminance	0.0688 (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

#3238B6 #B6B032

analogous

#327AB6 #3238B6 #6E32B6

triadic

#3238B6 #B63238 #38B632

tetradic

#3238B6 #B6327A #B6B032 #32B66E

square

#3238B6 #B6327A #B6B032 #32B66E

split-complementary

#3238B6 #B66E32 #7AB632

monochromatic

#181A56 #252986 #3238B6 #555BD0 #8589DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.84

#3238B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#3238B6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3238B6

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3238B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3238B6	1.00	8.84	2.38	8.84
#FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3238b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(50, 56, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.194 272.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d6fcd',
    500: '#3238b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3238b6;
$custom-light: #7d6fcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3238b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 50,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.273,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42636,
    "c": 0.19395,
    "h": 272.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3238B6

secondary

#C7C47D

accent

#D948E0

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFECF9

border

#CAC7D2

text

#0B0714

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3238B6

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

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