#3836D9#3836D9

#3836D9 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 46.2% C 0.237 H 272.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3836D9
RGB	rgb(56, 54, 217)
HSL	hsl(241, 68%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(241, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 75.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.98, 53.26, -81.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.98, 97.58, 303.08°)
OKLab	oklab(46.23% 0.011 -0.2366)
OKLCH	oklch(46.23% 0.237 272.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.4702, 8.4872, 66.4551)
Luminance	0.0849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 3.31

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3836D9 #D7D936

analogous

#3685D9 #3836D9 #8936D9

triadic

#3836D9 #D93836 #36D938

tetradic

#3836D9 #D93685 #D7D936 #36D989

square

#3836D9 #D93685 #D7D936 #36D989

split-complementary

#3836D9 #D98936 #85D936

monochromatic

#19187D #2321B0 #3836D9 #6B69E3 #9E9DEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.78

#3836D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.70

#3836D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3836D9

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3836D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3836D9	1.00	7.78	2.70	7.78
#FFFFFF	7.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005ADE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006686

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3836d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 54, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.2% 0.237 272.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8870e6',
    500: '#3836d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3836d9;
$custom-light: #8870e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3836d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240.736,
    "s": 68.201,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46229,
    "c": 0.23687,
    "h": 272.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3836D9

secondary

#D8D992

accent

#EB3DE9

background

#F9F6FE

surface

#F2ECFD

border

#CCC7D5

text

#0D0816

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #3836D9

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

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