#3842C2#3842C2

#3842C2 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 45.8% C 0.197 H 272.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3842C2
RGB	rgb(56, 66, 194)
HSL	hsl(236, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(236, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 66%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.26, 38.70, -67.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.26, 78.19, 299.67°)
OKLab	oklab(45.77% 0.008 -0.1963)
OKLCH	oklch(45.77% 0.197 272.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.3134, 8.6309, 51.9928)
Luminance	0.0863 (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

#3842C2 #C2B838

analogous

#3887C2 #3842C2 #7338C2

triadic

#3842C2 #C23842 #42C238

tetradic

#3842C2 #C23887 #C2B838 #38C273

square

#3842C2 #C23887 #C2B838 #38C273

split-complementary

#3842C2 #C27338 #87C238

monochromatic

#1D2263 #2A3293 #3842C2 #656DD2 #949AE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.70

#3842C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.73

#3842C2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3842C2

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3842C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3842C2	1.00	7.70	2.73	7.70
#FFFFFF	7.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0059C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00647C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3842c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 66, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.8% 0.197 272.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8277d6',
    500: '#3842c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3842c2;
$custom-light: #8277d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3842c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.652,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45767,
    "c": 0.1965,
    "h": 272.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3842C2

secondary

#CBC78A

accent

#D449DF

background

#F8F7FD

surface

#F0EDFA

border

#CBC8D3

text

#0C0814

muted

#7D7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3842C2

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

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