#3836AE#3836AE

#3836AE is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.184 H 275.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3836AE
RGB	rgb(56, 54, 174)
HSL	hsl(241, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(241, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 69%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.72, 39.19, -63.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.72, 74.67, 301.66°)
OKLab	oklab(41.92% 0.0182 -0.1836)
OKLCH	oklch(41.92% 0.184 275.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.5875, 6.5341, 40.7395)
Luminance	0.0654 (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

#3836AE #ACAE36

analogous

#3670AE #3836AE #7436AE

triadic

#3836AE #AE3836 #36AE38

tetradic

#3836AE #AE3670 #ACAE36 #36AE74

square

#3836AE #AE3670 #ACAE36 #36AE74

split-complementary

#3836AE #AE7436 #70AE36

monochromatic

#1A1951 #29287F #3836AE #5856CB #8785D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.10

#3836AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#3836AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3836AE

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3836AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3836AE	1.00	9.10	2.31	9.10
#FFFFFF	9.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00566D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3836ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 54, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.184 275.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e6ec7',
    500: '#3836ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3836ae;
$custom-light: #7e6ec7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3836ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41919,
    "c": 0.18446,
    "h": 275.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3836AE

secondary

#C2C37D

accent

#DC4CDA

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFECF8

border

#CAC7D1

text

#0B0713

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3836AE

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

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