#3842BA#3842BA

#3842BA is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 45.0% C 0.186 H 272.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3842BA
RGB	rgb(56, 66, 186)
HSL	hsl(235, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(235, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 64.5%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.56, 35.92, -64.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.56, 73.73, 299.15°)
OKLab	oklab(45.04% 0.0086 -0.1859)
OKLCH	oklch(45.04% 0.186 272.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.4391, 8.2812, 47.3877)
Luminance	0.0828 (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

#3842BA #BAB038

analogous

#3883BA #3842BA #6F38BA

triadic

#3842BA #BA3842 #42BA38

tetradic

#3842BA #BA3883 #BAB038 #38BA6F

square

#3842BA #BA3883 #BAB038 #38BA6F

split-complementary

#3842BA #BA6F38 #83BA38

monochromatic

#1C215C #2A318B #3842BA #6069CF #8F95DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.91

#3842BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#3842BA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3842BA

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3842BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3842BA	1.00	7.91	2.66	7.91
#FFFFFF	7.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006178

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3842ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 66, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.0% 0.186 272.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8076d0',
    500: '#3842ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3842ba;
$custom-light: #8076d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3842ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.385,
    "s": 53.719,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45039,
    "c": 0.18614,
    "h": 272.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3842BA

secondary

#C8C386

accent

#D24BDD

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EDF9

border

#CBC8D2

text

#0C0814

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3842BA

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

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