#3838D2#3838D2

#3838D2 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 45.8% C 0.227 H 272.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#3838D2
RGBrgb(56, 56, 210)
HSLhsl(240, 63%, 52%)
HSVhsv(240, 73%, 82%)
CMYKcmyk(73.3%, 73.3%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LABlab(34.64, 49.94, -78.27)
CIE-LCHlch(34.64, 92.85, 302.54°)
OKLaboklab(45.78% 0.0114 -0.2265)
OKLCHoklch(45.78% 0.227 272.9)
XYZxyz(14.6740, 8.3207, 61.7930)
Luminance0.0832 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#3838D2 #D2D238
analogous
#3885D2 #3838D2 #8538D2
triadic
#3838D2 #D23838 #38D238
tetradic
#3838D2 #D23885 #D2D238 #38D285
square
#3838D2 #D23885 #D2D238 #38D285
split-complementary
#3838D2 #D28538 #85D238
monochromatic
#1A1A75 #2626A7 #3838D2 #6A6ADD #9C9CE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.88
#3838D2 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66
#3838D2 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3838D2
7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##3838D2#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##3838D21.007.882.667.88
#FFFFFF7.881.0021.001.00
#0000002.6621.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF7.881.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#0059D6
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#004ACF
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#006582
Achromatopsia (no color)
#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #3838d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 56, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.8% 0.227 272.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8670e1',
    500: '#3838d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #3838d2;
$custom-light: #8670e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#3838d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 63.115,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45778,
    "c": 0.22678,
    "h": 272.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#3838D2
secondary
#D5D591
accent
#E642E6
background
#F9F6FE
surface
#F1ECFC
border
#CBC7D5
text
#0D0815
muted
#7E7B84

Preview Lab

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#3838D2 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva