#3838B7#3838B7

#3838B7 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.194 H 274.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3838B7
RGB	rgb(56, 56, 183)
HSL	hsl(240, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(240, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 69.4%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.00, 41.03, -66.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.00, 78.40, 301.55°)
OKLab	oklab(43.1% 0.0156 -0.1931)
OKLCH	oklch(43.1% 0.194 274.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.5895, 7.0869, 45.5477)
Luminance	0.0709 (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

#3838B7 #B7B738

analogous

#3878B7 #3838B7 #7838B7

triadic

#3838B7 #B73838 #38B738

tetradic

#3838B7 #B73878 #B7B738 #38B778

square

#3838B7 #B73878 #B7B738 #38B778

split-complementary

#3838B7 #B77838 #78B738

monochromatic

#1B1B59 #2A2A88 #3838B7 #5E5ECE #8D8DDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.69

#3838B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#3838B7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3838B7

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3838B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3838B7	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)

#0051BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3838b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 56, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.194 274.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#806fce',
    500: '#3838b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3838b7;
$custom-light: #806fce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3838b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43099,
    "c": 0.19369,
    "h": 274.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3838B7

secondary

#C7C784

accent

#DD4BDD

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF9

border

#CBC7D2

text

#0C0714

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3838B7

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

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