#3843C5#3843C5

#3843C5 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 46.2% C 0.199 H 272.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3843C5
RGB	rgb(56, 67, 197)
HSL	hsl(235, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(235, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 66%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.76, 39.13, -68.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.76, 79.21, 299.60°)
OKLab	oklab(46.21% 0.0071 -0.1991)
OKLCH	oklch(46.21% 0.199 272)
XYZ	xyz(13.7127, 8.8849, 53.8048)
Luminance	0.0889 (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

#3843C5 #C5BA38

analogous

#388AC5 #3843C5 #7438C5

triadic

#3843C5 #C53843 #43C538

tetradic

#3843C5 #C5388A #C5BA38 #38C574

square

#3843C5 #C5388A #C5BA38 #38C574

split-complementary

#3843C5 #C57438 #8AC538

monochromatic

#1D2366 #2A3395 #3843C5 #676FD4 #969CE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.56

#3843C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.78

#3843C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3843C5

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3843C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3843C5	1.00	7.56	2.78	7.56
#FFFFFF	7.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004EC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00667E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3843c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 67, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.2% 0.199 272.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8277d8',
    500: '#3843c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3843c5;
$custom-light: #8277d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3843c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.319,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46212,
    "c": 0.1992,
    "h": 272
  },
  "luminance": 0.08886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3843C5

secondary

#CDC88C

accent

#D349DF

background

#F8F7FD

surface

#F0EDFA

border

#CBC8D3

text

#0C0915

muted

#7D7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3843C5

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

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