#3842C5#3842C5

#3842C5 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 46.0% C 0.200 H 272.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3842C5
RGB	rgb(56, 66, 197)
HSL	hsl(236, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(236, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 66.5%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.53, 39.74, -69.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.53, 79.85, 299.85°)
OKLab	oklab(46.04% 0.0077 -0.2002)
OKLCH	oklch(46.04% 0.2 272.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.6537, 8.7670, 53.7851)
Luminance	0.0877 (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

#3842C5 #C5BB38

analogous

#3888C5 #3842C5 #7538C5

triadic

#3842C5 #C53842 #42C538

tetradic

#3842C5 #C53888 #C5BB38 #38C575

square

#3842C5 #C53888 #C5BB38 #38C575

split-complementary

#3842C5 #C57538 #88C538

monochromatic

#1D2266 #2A3295 #3842C5 #676ED4 #969CE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.63

#3842C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.75

#3842C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3842C5

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3842C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3842C5	1.00	7.63	2.75	7.63
#FFFFFF	7.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005AC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00657E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3842c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 66, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.0% 0.200 272.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8277d8',
    500: '#3842c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3842c5;
$custom-light: #8277d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3842c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.745,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46044,
    "c": 0.20033,
    "h": 272.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3842C5

secondary

#CDC88C

accent

#D449DF

background

#F8F7FD

surface

#F0EDFA

border

#CBC8D3

text

#0C0815

muted

#7D7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3842C5

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

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