#3840BE#3840BE

#3840BE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 45.1% C 0.194 H 272.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3840BE
RGB	rgb(56, 64, 190)
HSL	hsl(236, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(236, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 66.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.45, 38.55, -66.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.45, 77.24, 299.94°)
OKLab	oklab(45.06% 0.0096 -0.1934)
OKLCH	oklch(45.06% 0.194 272.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.7554, 8.2240, 49.6204)
Luminance	0.0823 (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

#3840BE #BEB638

analogous

#3883BE #3840BE #7338BE

triadic

#3840BE #BE3840 #40BE38

tetradic

#3840BE #BE3883 #BEB638 #38BE73

square

#3840BE #BE3883 #BEB638 #38BE73

split-complementary

#3840BE #BE7338 #83BE38

monochromatic

#1C205F #2A308F #3840BE #6269D1 #9296DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.94

#3840BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.65

#3840BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3840BE

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3840BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3840BE	1.00	7.94	2.65	7.94
#FFFFFF	7.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3840be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 64, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.1% 0.194 272.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8175d3',
    500: '#3840be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3840be;
$custom-light: #8175d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3840be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.418,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45062,
    "c": 0.19365,
    "h": 272.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3840BE

secondary

#CAC688

accent

#D54ADE

background

#F8F7FD

surface

#F0EDFA

border

#CBC8D3

text

#0C0814

muted

#7D7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3840BE

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

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