#3834BA#3834BA

#3834BA is a dark, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.202 H 275.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3834BA
RGB	rgb(56, 52, 186)
HSL	hsl(242, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(242, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 72%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.44, 44.37, -69.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.44, 82.47, 302.55°)
OKLab	oklab(42.78% 0.0176 -0.2009)
OKLCH	oklch(42.78% 0.202 275)
XYZ	xyz(11.7189, 6.8408, 47.1477)
Luminance	0.0684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Sapphire (survey)

#2138AB

ΔE00 3.78

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3834BA #B6BA34

analogous

#3473BA #3834BA #7B34BA

triadic

#3834BA #BA3834 #34BA38

tetradic

#3834BA #BA3473 #B6BA34 #34BA7B

square

#3834BA #BA3473 #B6BA34 #34BA7B

split-complementary

#3834BA #BA7B34 #73BA34

monochromatic

#1B195A #2A278A #3834BA #5E5AD1 #8D8ADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.87

#3834BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#3834BA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3834BA

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3834BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3834BA	1.00	8.87	2.37	8.87
#FFFFFF	8.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3834ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 52, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.202 275.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816dd0',
    500: '#3834ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3834ba;
$custom-light: #816dd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3834ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.791,
    "s": 56.303,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42783,
    "c": 0.20171,
    "h": 275
  },
  "luminance": 0.06842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3834BA

secondary

#C6C881

accent

#E048DB

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF9

border

#CBC7D2

text

#0C0714

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3834BA

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

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