#3836C5#3836C5

#3836C5 is a dark, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.213 H 273.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3836C5
RGB	rgb(56, 54, 197)
HSL	hsl(241, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(241, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 72.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.94, 46.84, -73.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.94, 87.17, 302.50°)
OKLab	oklab(44.18% 0.0146 -0.2126)
OKLCH	oklch(44.18% 0.213 273.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.0247, 7.5090, 53.5755)
Luminance	0.0751 (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

#3836C5 #C3C536

analogous

#367CC5 #3836C5 #8036C5

triadic

#3836C5 #C53836 #36C538

tetradic

#3836C5 #C5367C #C3C536 #36C580

square

#3836C5 #C5367C #C3C536 #36C580

split-complementary

#3836C5 #C58036 #7CC536

monochromatic

#1D1C65 #2A2995 #3836C5 #6564D4 #9594E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.39

#3836C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#3836C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3836C5

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3836C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3836C5	1.00	8.39	2.50	8.39
#FFFFFF	8.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0054C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3836c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 54, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.213 273.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#836fd8',
    500: '#3836c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3836c5;
$custom-light: #836fd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3836c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240.839,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44177,
    "c": 0.21313,
    "h": 273.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3836C5

secondary

#CCCD8A

accent

#E048DE

background

#F8F6FD

surface

#F0ECFB

border

#CBC7D4

text

#0C0715

muted

#7D7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3836C5

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

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