#3438AE#3438AE

#3438AE is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.183 H 273.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3438AE
RGB	rgb(52, 56, 174)
HSL	hsl(238, 54%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(238, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 67.8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.91, 37.47, -63.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.91, 73.53, 300.64°)
OKLab	oklab(41.99% 0.012 -0.1828)
OKLCH	oklch(41.99% 0.183 273.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.4678, 6.6134, 40.7611)
Luminance	0.0661 (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

#3438AE #AEAA34

analogous

#3475AE #3438AE #6D34AE

triadic

#3438AE #AE3438 #38AE34

tetradic

#3438AE #AE3475 #AEAA34 #34AE6D

square

#3438AE #AE3475 #AEAA34 #34AE6D

split-complementary

#3438AE #AE6D34 #75AE34

monochromatic

#181A50 #26297F #3438AE #5357CC #8385DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.04

#3438AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#3438AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3438AE

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3438AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3438AE	1.00	9.04	2.32	9.04
#FFFFFF	9.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00586E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3438ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(52, 56, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.183 273.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c6fc7',
    500: '#3438ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3438ae;
$custom-light: #7c6fc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3438ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 52,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.033,
    "s": 53.982,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41986,
    "c": 0.18318,
    "h": 273.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3438AE

secondary

#C3C17B

accent

#D94ADD

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFECF8

border

#CAC7D1

text

#0B0713

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3438AE

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

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