#3834BC#3834BC

#3834BC is a dark, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.204 H 274.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3834BC
RGB	rgb(56, 52, 188)
HSL	hsl(242, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(242, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 72.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.64, 45.03, -70.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.64, 83.54, 302.61°)
OKLab	oklab(42.98% 0.0173 -0.2034)
OKLCH	oklch(42.98% 0.204 274.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.9330, 6.9264, 48.2753)
Luminance	0.0693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Sapphire (survey)

#2138AB

ΔE00 3.95

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3834BC #B8BC34

analogous

#3474BC #3834BC #7C34BC

triadic

#3834BC #BC3834 #34BC38

tetradic

#3834BC #BC3474 #B8BC34 #34BC7C

square

#3834BC #BC3474 #B8BC34 #34BC7C

split-complementary

#3834BC #BC7C34 #74BC34

monochromatic

#1B195C #2A278C #3834BC #5F5BD2 #8E8BDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.80

#3834BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#3834BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3834BC

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3834BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3834BC	1.00	8.80	2.39	8.80
#FFFFFF	8.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3834bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 52, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.204 274.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826dd1',
    500: '#3834bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3834bc;
$custom-light: #826dd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3834bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.765,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42983,
    "c": 0.20417,
    "h": 274.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3834BC

secondary

#C7C983

accent

#E048DB

background

#F8F6FD

surface

#F0ECFA

border

#CBC7D3

text

#0C0714

muted

#7D7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3834BC

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

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