#3238B9#3238B9

#3238B9 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.198 H 272.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3238B9
RGB	rgb(50, 56, 185)
HSL	hsl(237, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(237, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 69.7%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.83, 41.04, -68.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.83, 79.68, 301.00°)
OKLab	oklab(42.93% 0.0084 -0.1976)
OKLCH	oklch(42.93% 0.198 272.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.4836, 7.0081, 46.6370)
Luminance	0.0701 (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

#3238B9 #B9B332

analogous

#327BB9 #3238B9 #6F32B9

triadic

#3238B9 #B93238 #38B932

tetradic

#3238B9 #B9327B #B9B332 #32B96F

square

#3238B9 #B9327B #B9B332 #32B96F

split-complementary

#3238B9 #B96F32 #7BB932

monochromatic

#181B59 #252989 #3238B9 #575CD2 #878BDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.74

#3238B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#3238B9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3238B9

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3238B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3238B9	1.00	8.74	2.40	8.74
#FFFFFF	8.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3238b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(50, 56, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.198 272.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e6fcf',
    500: '#3238b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3238b9;
$custom-light: #7e6fcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3238b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 50,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.333,
    "s": 57.447,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4293,
    "c": 0.19775,
    "h": 272.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3238B9

secondary

#C8C57F

accent

#DA47E1

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF9

border

#CBC7D2

text

#0B0714

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3238B9

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

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