#3834C8#3834C8

#3834C8 is a dark, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.219 H 274.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3834C8
RGB	rgb(56, 52, 200)
HSL	hsl(242, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(242, 74%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 74%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.84, 48.92, -75.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.84, 89.90, 302.97°)
OKLab	oklab(44.2% 0.0151 -0.2182)
OKLCH	oklch(44.2% 0.219 274)
XYZ	xyz(13.2807, 7.4655, 55.3735)
Luminance	0.0747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3834C8 #C4C834

analogous

#347AC8 #3834C8 #8234C8

triadic

#3834C8 #C83834 #34C838

tetradic

#3834C8 #C8347A #C4C834 #34C882

square

#3834C8 #C8347A #C4C834 #34C882

split-complementary

#3834C8 #C88234 #7AC834

monochromatic

#1D1B67 #2A2797 #3834C8 #6663D6 #9693E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.42

#3834C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#3834C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3834C8

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3834C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3834C8	1.00	8.42	2.49	8.42
#FFFFFF	8.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0054CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0046C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3834c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 52, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.219 274.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#846eda',
    500: '#3834c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3834c8;
$custom-light: #846eda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3834c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.622,
    "s": 58.73,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.442,
    "c": 0.2187,
    "h": 274
  },
  "luminance": 0.07467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3834C8

secondary

#CCCE8A

accent

#E246DE

background

#F8F6FD

surface

#F0ECFB

border

#CBC7D4

text

#0D0715

muted

#7D7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3834C8

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

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