#3834B9#3834B9

#3834B9 is a dark, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.200 H 275.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3834B9
RGB	rgb(56, 52, 185)
HSL	hsl(242, 56%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(242, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 71.9%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.34, 44.04, -69.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.34, 81.93, 302.52°)
OKLab	oklab(42.68% 0.0178 -0.1997)
OKLCH	oklch(42.68% 0.2 275.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.6129, 6.7984, 46.5898)
Luminance	0.0680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Sapphire (survey)

#2138AB

ΔE00 3.70

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3834B9 #B5B934

analogous

#3472B9 #3834B9 #7B34B9

triadic

#3834B9 #B93834 #34B938

tetradic

#3834B9 #B93472 #B5B934 #34B97B

square

#3834B9 #B93472 #B5B934 #34B97B

split-complementary

#3834B9 #B97B34 #72B934

monochromatic

#1B1959 #2A2789 #3834B9 #5D5AD1 #8C89DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.90

#3834B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#3834B9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3834B9

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3834B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3834B9	1.00	8.90	2.36	8.90
#FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005973

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3834b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 52, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.200 275.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816dcf',
    500: '#3834b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3834b9;
$custom-light: #816dcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3834b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.805,
    "s": 56.118,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42683,
    "c": 0.20048,
    "h": 275.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3834B9

secondary

#C6C881

accent

#DF48DB

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0C0714

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3834B9

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

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