#3842C3#3842C3

#3842C3 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.198 H 272.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3842C3
RGB	rgb(56, 66, 195)
HSL	hsl(236, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(236, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 66.2%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.35, 39.05, -68.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.35, 78.74, 299.73°)
OKLab	oklab(45.86% 0.0079 -0.1976)
OKLCH	oklch(45.86% 0.198 272.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.4261, 8.6760, 52.5862)
Luminance	0.0868 (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

#3842C3 #C3B938

analogous

#3888C3 #3842C3 #7338C3

triadic

#3842C3 #C33842 #42C338

tetradic

#3842C3 #C33888 #C3B938 #38C373

square

#3842C3 #C33888 #C3B938 #38C373

split-complementary

#3842C3 #C37338 #88C338

monochromatic

#1D2264 #2A3293 #3842C3 #656DD3 #959AE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.68

#3842C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.74

#3842C3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3842C3

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3842C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3842C3	1.00	7.68	2.74	7.68
#FFFFFF	7.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005AC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00647D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3842c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 66, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.198 272.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8277d6',
    500: '#3842c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3842c3;
$custom-light: #8277d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3842c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.683,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45859,
    "c": 0.19778,
    "h": 272.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3842C3

secondary

#CCC78B

accent

#D449DF

background

#F8F7FD

surface

#F0EDFA

border

#CBC8D3

text

#0C0814

muted

#7D7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3842C3

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

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