#3438B3#3438B3

#3438B3 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.190 H 273.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3438B3
RGB	rgb(52, 56, 179)
HSL	hsl(238, 55%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(238, 71%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 68.7%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.38, 39.20, -65.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.38, 76.31, 300.90°)
OKLab	oklab(42.46% 0.0114 -0.1893)
OKLCH	oklch(42.46% 0.19 273.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.9643, 6.8120, 43.3761)
Luminance	0.0681 (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

#3438B3 #B3AF34

analogous

#3478B3 #3438B3 #6F34B3

triadic

#3438B3 #B33438 #38B334

tetradic

#3438B3 #B33478 #B3AF34 #34B36F

square

#3438B3 #B33478 #B3AF34 #34B36F

split-complementary

#3438B3 #B36F34 #78B334

monochromatic

#181A54 #262984 #3438B3 #565ACE #8688DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.89

#3438B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#3438B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3438B3

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3438B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3438B3	1.00	8.89	2.36	8.89
#FFFFFF	8.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005971

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3438b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(52, 56, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.190 273.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e6fcb',
    500: '#3438b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3438b3;
$custom-light: #7e6fcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3438b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 52,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.11,
    "s": 54.978,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42464,
    "c": 0.18961,
    "h": 273.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3438B3

secondary

#C5C37D

accent

#DA49DE

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFECF9

border

#CAC7D2

text

#0B0713

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3438B3

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

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