#3834B8#3834B8

#3834B8 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.199 H 275.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3834B8
RGB	rgb(56, 52, 184)
HSL	hsl(242, 56%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(242, 72%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 71.7%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.25, 43.71, -68.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.25, 81.39, 302.48°)
OKLab	oklab(42.58% 0.018 -0.1984)
OKLCH	oklch(42.58% 0.199 275.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.5078, 6.7564, 46.0358)
Luminance	0.0676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Sapphire (survey)

#2138AB

ΔE00 3.62

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3834B8 #B4B834

analogous

#3472B8 #3834B8 #7A34B8

triadic

#3834B8 #B83834 #34B838

tetradic

#3834B8 #B83472 #B4B834 #34B87A

square

#3834B8 #B83472 #B4B834 #34B87A

split-complementary

#3834B8 #B87A34 #72B834

monochromatic

#1B1959 #292788 #3834B8 #5D59D0 #8B89DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.93

#3834B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#3834B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3834B8

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3834B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3834B8	1.00	8.93	2.35	8.93
#FFFFFF	8.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005972

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3834b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 52, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.199 275.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816dcf',
    500: '#3834b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3834b8;
$custom-light: #816dcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3834b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.818,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42584,
    "c": 0.19924,
    "h": 275.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3834B8

secondary

#C5C880

accent

#DF49DB

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0C0714

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3834B8

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

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