#3238B8#3238B8

#3238B8 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.196 H 272.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3238B8
RGB	rgb(50, 56, 184)
HSL	hsl(237, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(237, 73%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.8%, 69.6%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.73, 40.69, -67.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.73, 79.13, 300.95°)
OKLab	oklab(42.83% 0.0085 -0.1963)
OKLCH	oklch(42.83% 0.196 272.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.3784, 6.9660, 46.0830)
Luminance	0.0697 (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

#3238B8 #B8B232

analogous

#327BB8 #3238B8 #6F32B8

triadic

#3238B8 #B83238 #38B832

tetradic

#3238B8 #B8327B #B8B232 #32B86F

square

#3238B8 #B8327B #B8B232 #32B86F

split-complementary

#3238B8 #B86F32 #7BB832

monochromatic

#181B58 #252988 #3238B8 #565CD1 #868ADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.77

#3238B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#3238B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3238B8

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3238B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3238B8	1.00	8.77	2.39	8.77
#FFFFFF	8.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3238b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(50, 56, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.196 272.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e6fce',
    500: '#3238b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3238b8;
$custom-light: #7e6fce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3238b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 50,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.313,
    "s": 57.265,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42832,
    "c": 0.19649,
    "h": 272.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3238B8

secondary

#C8C57E

accent

#DA47E1

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF9

border

#CBC7D2

text

#0B0714

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3238B8

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

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