#3835BD#3835BD

#3835BD is a dark, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.204 H 274.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3835BD
RGB	rgb(56, 53, 189)
HSL	hsl(241, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(241, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 72%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.94, 44.78, -70.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.94, 83.49, 302.44°)
OKLab	oklab(43.23% 0.0165 -0.2037)
OKLCH	oklch(43.23% 0.204 274.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.0863, 7.0599, 48.8600)
Luminance	0.0706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Sapphire (survey)

#2138AB

ΔE00 3.94

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3835BD #BABD35

analogous

#3576BD #3835BD #7C35BD

triadic

#3835BD #BD3835 #35BD38

tetradic

#3835BD #BD3576 #BABD35 #35BD7C

square

#3835BD #BD3576 #BABD35 #35BD7C

split-complementary

#3835BD #BD7C35 #76BD35

monochromatic

#1C1A5D #2A288D #3835BD #605DD2 #8F8DDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.71

#3835BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#3835BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3835BD

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3835BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3835BD	1.00	8.71	2.41	8.71
#FFFFFF	8.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3835bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 53, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.204 274.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826ed2',
    500: '#3835bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3835bd;
$custom-light: #826ed2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3835bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.324,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43229,
    "c": 0.20438,
    "h": 274.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3835BD

secondary

#C8CA84

accent

#DF48DC

background

#F8F6FD

surface

#F0ECFA

border

#CBC7D3

text

#0C0714

muted

#7D7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3835BD

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

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