#3836B2#3836B2

#3836B2 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.190 H 275.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3836B2
RGB	rgb(56, 54, 178)
HSL	hsl(241, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(241, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 69.7%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.10, 40.54, -65.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.10, 76.89, 301.82°)
OKLab	oklab(42.3% 0.0176 -0.1887)
OKLCH	oklch(42.3% 0.19 275.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.9833, 6.6924, 42.8238)
Luminance	0.0669 (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

#3836B2 #B0B236

analogous

#3672B2 #3836B2 #7636B2

triadic

#3836B2 #B23836 #36B238

tetradic

#3836B2 #B23672 #B0B236 #36B276

square

#3836B2 #B23672 #B0B236 #36B276

split-complementary

#3836B2 #B27636 #72B236

monochromatic

#1A1A54 #292883 #3836B2 #5B59CD #8988DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.98

#3836B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#3836B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3836B2

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3836B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3836B2	1.00	8.98	2.34	8.98
#FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005870

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3836b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 54, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.190 275.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f6eca',
    500: '#3836b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3836b2;
$custom-light: #7f6eca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3836b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240.968,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42302,
    "c": 0.18956,
    "h": 275.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3836B2

secondary

#C4C57F

accent

#DD4BDA

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF9

border

#CBC7D2

text

#0B0713

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3836B2

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

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