#3843AE#3843AE

#3843AE is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.169 H 272.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3843AE
RGB	rgb(56, 67, 174)
HSL	hsl(234, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(234, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 61.5%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.79, 31.05, -58.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.79, 66.26, 297.94°)
OKLab	oklab(44.16% 0.0084 -0.1688)
OKLCH	oklch(44.16% 0.169 272.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.2755, 7.9100, 40.9688)
Luminance	0.0791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 5.94

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3843AE #AEA338

analogous

#387EAE #3843AE #6838AE

triadic

#3843AE #AE3843 #43AE38

tetradic

#3843AE #AE387E #AEA338 #38AE68

square

#3843AE #AE387E #AEA338 #38AE68

split-complementary

#3843AE #AE6838 #7EAE38

monochromatic

#1A1F51 #293180 #3843AE #5964CA #888FD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.13

#3843AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#3843AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3843AE

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3843AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3843AE	1.00	8.13	2.58	8.13
#FFFFFF	8.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0055B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3843ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 67, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.169 272.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d77c7',
    500: '#3843ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3843ae;
$custom-light: #7d77c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3843ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.407,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44162,
    "c": 0.16897,
    "h": 272.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3843AE

secondary

#C3BC7F

accent

#CE4DDB

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#EFEDF8

border

#CAC8D1

text

#0B0813

muted

#7C7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3843AE

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

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