#3844B2#3844B2

#3844B2 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.173 H 272.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3844B2
RGB	rgb(56, 68, 178)
HSL	hsl(234, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(234, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 61.8%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.37, 31.83, -59.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.37, 67.89, 297.95°)
OKLab	oklab(44.69% 0.0075 -0.173)
OKLCH	oklch(44.69% 0.173 272.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.7312, 8.1882, 43.0731)
Luminance	0.0819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3844B2 #B2A638

analogous

#3881B2 #3844B2 #6938B2

triadic

#3844B2 #B23844 #44B238

tetradic

#3844B2 #B23881 #B2A638 #38B269

square

#3844B2 #B23881 #B2A638 #38B269

split-complementary

#3844B2 #B26938 #81B238

monochromatic

#1B2055 #293283 #3844B2 #5C67CC #8A92DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.96

#3844B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.64

#3844B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3844B2

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3844B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3844B2	1.00	7.96	2.64	7.96
#FFFFFF	7.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006074

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3844b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 68, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.173 272.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e78ca',
    500: '#3844b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3844b2;
$custom-light: #7e78ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3844b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.098,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4469,
    "c": 0.17313,
    "h": 272.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3844B2

secondary

#C5BE81

accent

#CD4CDC

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#EFEDF8

border

#CAC8D1

text

#0B0913

muted

#7C7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3844B2

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

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