#3838C6#3838C6

#3838C6 is a dark, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.212 H 273.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3838C6
RGB	rgb(56, 56, 198)
HSL	hsl(240, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(240, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 71.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.45, 46.03, -73.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.45, 86.52, 302.14°)
OKLab	oklab(44.57% 0.0134 -0.2119)
OKLCH	oklch(44.57% 0.212 273.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.2347, 7.7450, 54.2126)
Luminance	0.0775 (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

#3838C6 #C6C638

analogous

#387FC6 #3838C6 #7F38C6

triadic

#3838C6 #C63838 #38C638

tetradic

#3838C6 #C6387F #C6C638 #38C67F

square

#3838C6 #C6387F #C6C638 #38C67F

split-complementary

#3838C6 #C67F38 #7FC638

monochromatic

#1D1D67 #2B2B96 #3838C6 #6767D4 #9797E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.24

#3838C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#3838C6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3838C6

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3838C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3838C6	1.00	8.24	2.55	8.24
#FFFFFF	8.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0055CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00607B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3838c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 56, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.212 273.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8370d9',
    500: '#3838c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3838c6;
$custom-light: #8370d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3838c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44569,
    "c": 0.21232,
    "h": 273.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3838C6

secondary

#CDCD8D

accent

#DF49DF

background

#F8F6FD

surface

#F0ECFB

border

#CBC7D4

text

#0C0715

muted

#7D7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3838C6

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

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