#3837B9#3837B9

#3837B9 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.197 H 274.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3837B9
RGB	rgb(56, 55, 185)
HSL	hsl(240, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(240, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 70.3%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.98, 42.29, -68.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.98, 80.11, 301.86°)
OKLab	oklab(43.14% 0.016 -0.1966)
OKLCH	oklch(43.14% 0.197 274.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.7511, 7.0748, 46.6358)
Luminance	0.0708 (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

#3837B9 #B8B937

analogous

#3777B9 #3837B9 #7937B9

triadic

#3837B9 #B93837 #37B938

tetradic

#3837B9 #B93777 #B8B937 #37B979

square

#3837B9 #B93777 #B8B937 #37B979

split-complementary

#3837B9 #B97937 #77B937

monochromatic

#1B1B5B #2A298A #3837B9 #5F5ECF #8E8DDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.69

#3837B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#3837B9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3837B9

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3837B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3837B9	1.00	8.69	2.42	8.69
#FFFFFF	8.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3837b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 55, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.197 274.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816fcf',
    500: '#3837b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3837b9;
$custom-light: #816fcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3837b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240.462,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43137,
    "c": 0.1973,
    "h": 274.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3837B9

secondary

#C7C884

accent

#DE4ADC

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF9

border

#CBC7D2

text

#0C0714

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3837B9

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

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