#3838AA#3838AA

#3838AA is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.177 H 275.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3838AA
RGB	rgb(56, 56, 170)
HSL	hsl(240, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(240, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 67.1%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.81, 36.61, -61.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.81, 71.16, 300.96°)
OKLab	oklab(41.87% 0.0172 -0.1761)
OKLCH	oklch(41.87% 0.177 275.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.2984, 6.5705, 38.7479)
Luminance	0.0657 (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

#3838AA #AAAA38

analogous

#3871AA #3838AA #7138AA

triadic

#3838AA #AA3838 #38AA38

tetradic

#3838AA #AA3871 #AAAA38 #38AA71

square

#3838AA #AA3871 #AAAA38 #38AA71

split-complementary

#3838AA #AA7138 #71AA38

monochromatic

#1A1A4E #29297C #3838AA #5757C8 #8585D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.07

#3838AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#3838AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3838AA

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3838AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3838AA	1.00	9.07	2.31	9.07
#FFFFFF	9.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00566C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3838aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 56, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.177 275.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d6fc4',
    500: '#3838aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3838aa;
$custom-light: #7d6fc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3838aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41869,
    "c": 0.17697,
    "h": 275.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3838AA

secondary

#C1C17D

accent

#DA4EDA

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFECF8

border

#CAC7D1

text

#0B0713

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3838AA

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

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