#3836B6#3836B6

#3836B6 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.195 H 275.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3836B6
RGB	rgb(56, 54, 182)
HSL	hsl(241, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(241, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 70.3%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.48, 41.88, -67.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.48, 79.09, 301.97°)
OKLab	oklab(42.69% 0.017 -0.1939)
OKLCH	oklch(42.69% 0.195 275)
XYZ	xyz(11.3908, 6.8554, 44.9698)
Luminance	0.0686 (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

#3836B6 #B4B636

analogous

#3674B6 #3836B6 #7836B6

triadic

#3836B6 #B63836 #36B638

tetradic

#3836B6 #B63674 #B4B636 #36B678

square

#3836B6 #B63674 #B4B636 #36B678

split-complementary

#3836B6 #B67836 #74B636

monochromatic

#1B1A58 #292887 #3836B6 #5D5BCE #8B8ADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.86

#3836B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#3836B6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3836B6

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3836B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3836B6	1.00	8.86	2.37	8.86
#FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005972

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3836b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 54, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.195 275.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#806ecd',
    500: '#3836b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3836b6;
$custom-light: #806ecd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3836b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240.938,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4269,
    "c": 0.19462,
    "h": 275
  },
  "luminance": 0.06856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3836B6

secondary

#C5C681

accent

#DE4ADB

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF9

border

#CBC7D2

text

#0C0714

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3836B6

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

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