#3844AA#3844AA

#3844AA is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.162 H 272.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3844AA
RGB	rgb(56, 68, 170)
HSL	hsl(234, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(234, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 60%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.72, 28.97, -56.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.72, 63.29, 297.25°)
OKLab	oklab(44.01% 0.0076 -0.1621)
OKLCH	oklch(44.01% 0.162 272.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.9513, 7.8763, 38.9656)
Luminance	0.0788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3844AA #AA9E38

analogous

#387DAA #3844AA #6538AA

triadic

#3844AA #AA3844 #44AA38

tetradic

#3844AA #AA387D #AA9E38 #38AA65

square

#3844AA #AA387D #AA9E38 #38AA65

split-complementary

#3844AA #AA6538 #7DAA38

monochromatic

#1A1F4E #29327C #3844AA #5763C8 #858ED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.15

#3844AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#3844AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3844AA

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3844AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3844AA	1.00	8.15	2.58	8.15
#FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0055AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005D70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3844aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 68, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.162 272.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c77c4',
    500: '#3844aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3844aa;
$custom-light: #7c77c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3844aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.684,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44009,
    "c": 0.16226,
    "h": 272.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3844AA

secondary

#C1BA7D

accent

#CB4EDA

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#EFEDF8

border

#CAC8D1

text

#0B0813

muted

#7C7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3844AA

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

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