#3823B3#3823B3

#3823B3 is a dark, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.209 H 277.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3823B3
RGB	rgb(56, 35, 179)
HSL	hsl(249, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(249, 80%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 80.4%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.56, 51.11, -71.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.56, 88.10, 305.46°)
OKLab	oklab(39.84% 0.028 -0.2073)
OKLCH	oklch(39.84% 0.209 277.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.3660, 5.2966, 43.1151)
Luminance	0.0530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3823B3 #9EB323

analogous

#2356B3 #3823B3 #8023B3

triadic

#3823B3 #B33823 #23B338

tetradic

#3823B3 #B32356 #9EB323 #23B380

square

#3823B3 #B32356 #9EB323 #23B380

split-complementary

#3823B3 #B38023 #56B323

monochromatic

#180F4D #281980 #3823B3 #523BD9 #7F6EE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.20

#3823B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#3823B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3823B3

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3823B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3823B3	1.00	10.20	2.06	10.20
#FFFFFF	10.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003BB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004F6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3823b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 35, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.209 277.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8163cb',
    500: '#3823b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3823b3;
$custom-light: #8163cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3823b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.75,
    "s": 67.29,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39835,
    "c": 0.2092,
    "h": 277.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3823B3

secondary

#BBC969

accent

#EA3ED1

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0C0513

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3823B3

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

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