#3821B4#3821B4

#3821B4 is a dark, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.212 H 277.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3821B4
RGB	rgb(56, 33, 180)
HSL	hsl(249, 69%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(249, 82%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 81.7%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.36, 52.33, -72.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.36, 89.57, 305.75°)
OKLab	oklab(39.73% 0.0286 -0.21)
OKLCH	oklch(39.73% 0.212 277.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.4103, 5.2228, 43.6307)
Luminance	0.0522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3821B4 #9DB421

analogous

#2154B4 #3821B4 #8221B4

triadic

#3821B4 #B43821 #21B438

tetradic

#3821B4 #B42154 #9DB421 #21B482

square

#3821B4 #B42154 #9DB421 #21B482

split-complementary

#3821B4 #B48221 #54B421

monochromatic

#180E4D #281880 #3821B4 #5138DA #7E6BE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.27

#3821B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#3821B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3821B4

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3821B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3821B4	1.00	10.27	2.04	10.27
#FFFFFF	10.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003AB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004F6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3821b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 33, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.212 277.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8162cc',
    500: '#3821b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3821b4;
$custom-light: #8162cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3821b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.388,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39727,
    "c": 0.21193,
    "h": 277.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3821B4

secondary

#BACA67

accent

#EC3CD0

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0C0514

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3821B4

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

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