#3838C5#3838C5

#3838C5 is a dark, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.211 H 273.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3838C5
RGB	rgb(56, 56, 197)
HSL	hsl(240, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(240, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 71.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.35, 45.70, -72.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.35, 85.99, 302.10°)
OKLab	oklab(44.47% 0.0136 -0.2107)
OKLCH	oklch(44.47% 0.211 273.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.1197, 7.6990, 53.6071)
Luminance	0.0770 (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

#3838C5 #C5C538

analogous

#387FC5 #3838C5 #7F38C5

triadic

#3838C5 #C53838 #38C538

tetradic

#3838C5 #C5387F #C5C538 #38C57F

square

#3838C5 #C5387F #C5C538 #38C57F

split-complementary

#3838C5 #C57F38 #7FC538

monochromatic

#1D1D66 #2A2A95 #3838C5 #6767D4 #9696E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.27

#3838C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#3838C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3838C5

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3838C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3838C5	1.00	8.27	2.54	8.27
#FFFFFF	8.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0055C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00607B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3838c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 56, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.211 273.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8370d8',
    500: '#3838c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3838c5;
$custom-light: #8370d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3838c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44469,
    "c": 0.21111,
    "h": 273.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3838C5

secondary

#CDCD8C

accent

#DF49DF

background

#F8F6FD

surface

#F0ECFB

border

#CBC7D4

text

#0C0715

muted

#7D7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3838C5

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

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