#3836B9#3836B9

#3836B9 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.198 H 274.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#3836B9
RGBrgb(56, 54, 185)
HSLhsl(241, 55%, 47%)
HSVhsv(241, 71%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(69.7%, 70.8%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LABlab(31.76, 42.88, -68.39)
CIE-LCHlch(31.76, 80.72, 302.09°)
OKLaboklab(42.98% 0.0166 -0.1977)
OKLCHoklch(42.98% 0.198 274.8)
XYZxyz(11.7041, 6.9808, 46.6201)
Luminance0.0698 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#3836B9 #B7B936
analogous
#3676B9 #3836B9 #7A36B9
triadic
#3836B9 #B93836 #36B938
tetradic
#3836B9 #B93676 #B7B936 #36B97A
square
#3836B9 #B93676 #B7B936 #36B97A
split-complementary
#3836B9 #B97A36 #76B936
monochromatic
#1B1A5A #2A288A #3836B9 #5E5DD0 #8D8CDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.76
#3836B9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40
#3836B9 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3836B9
8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##3836B9#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##3836B91.008.762.408.76
#FFFFFF8.761.0021.001.00
#0000002.4021.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.761.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#0051BD
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#0045B7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#005A74
Achromatopsia (no color)
#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #3836b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 54, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.198 274.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816ecf',
    500: '#3836b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #3836b9;
$custom-light: #816ecf;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#3836b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240.916,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42983,
    "c": 0.19837,
    "h": 274.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#3836B9
secondary
#C7C883
accent
#DE4ADC
background
#F8F6FC
surface
#F0ECF9
border
#CBC7D2
text
#0C0714
muted
#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3836B9

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#3836B9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva