#3836BA#3836BA

#3836BA is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.200 H 274.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3836BA
RGB	rgb(56, 54, 186)
HSL	hsl(241, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(241, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 71%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.86, 43.21, -68.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.86, 81.27, 302.12°)
OKLab	oklab(43.08% 0.0164 -0.1989)
OKLCH	oklch(43.08% 0.2 274.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.8100, 7.0231, 47.1781)
Luminance	0.0702 (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

#3836BA #B8BA36

analogous

#3676BA #3836BA #7A36BA

triadic

#3836BA #BA3836 #36BA38

tetradic

#3836BA #BA3676 #B8BA36 #36BA7A

square

#3836BA #BA3676 #B8BA36 #36BA7A

split-complementary

#3836BA #BA7A36 #76BA36

monochromatic

#1B1A5B #2A288B #3836BA #5F5DD0 #8E8DDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.73

#3836BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#3836BA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3836BA

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3836BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3836BA	1.00	8.73	2.40	8.73
#FFFFFF	8.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3836ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 54, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.200 274.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816ed0',
    500: '#3836ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3836ba;
$custom-light: #816ed0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3836ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240.909,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43082,
    "c": 0.19962,
    "h": 274.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3836BA

secondary

#C7C884

accent

#DE49DC

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF9

border

#CBC7D2

text

#0C0714

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3836BA

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

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