#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
RGB	rgb(56, 54, 185)
HSL	hsl(241, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(241, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 70.8%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.76, 42.88, -68.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.76, 80.72, 302.09°)
OKLab	oklab(42.98% 0.0166 -0.1977)
OKLCH	oklch(42.98% 0.198 274.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.7041, 6.9808, 46.6201)
Luminance	0.0698 (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

#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
##3836B9	1.00	8.76	2.40	8.76
#FFFFFF	8.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

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

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