#3838C4#3838C4

#3838C4 is a dark, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.210 H 273.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3838C4
RGB	rgb(56, 56, 196)
HSL	hsl(240, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(240, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 71.4%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.25, 45.37, -72.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.25, 85.45, 302.07°)
OKLab	oklab(44.37% 0.0137 -0.2094)
OKLCH	oklch(44.37% 0.21 273.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.0055, 7.6533, 53.0057)
Luminance	0.0766 (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

#3838C4 #C4C438

analogous

#387EC4 #3838C4 #7E38C4

triadic

#3838C4 #C43838 #38C438

tetradic

#3838C4 #C4387E #C4C438 #38C47E

square

#3838C4 #C4387E #C4C438 #38C47E

split-complementary

#3838C4 #C47E38 #7EC438

monochromatic

#1D1D65 #2A2A94 #3838C4 #6666D3 #9696E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.30

#3838C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#3838C4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3838C4

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3838C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3838C4	1.00	8.30	2.53	8.30
#FFFFFF	8.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0055C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3838c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 56, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.210 273.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8370d7',
    500: '#3838c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3838c4;
$custom-light: #8370d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3838c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4437,
    "c": 0.20988,
    "h": 273.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3838C4

secondary

#CCCC8C

accent

#DF49DF

background

#F8F6FD

surface

#F0ECFA

border

#CBC7D3

text

#0C0715

muted

#7D7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3838C4

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

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