#3845C8#3845C8

#3845C8 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 46.8% C 0.201 H 271.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3845C8
RGB	rgb(56, 69, 200)
HSL	hsl(235, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(235, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 65.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.49, 38.94, -69.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.49, 79.60, 299.28°)
OKLab	oklab(46.83% 0.0056 -0.2007)
OKLCH	oklch(46.83% 0.201 271.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.1808, 9.2657, 55.6735)
Luminance	0.0927 (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

#3845C8 #C8BB38

analogous

#388DC8 #3845C8 #7338C8

triadic

#3845C8 #C83845 #45C838

tetradic

#3845C8 #C8388D #C8BB38 #38C873

square

#3845C8 #C8388D #C8BB38 #38C873

split-complementary

#3845C8 #C87338 #8DC838

monochromatic

#1D2469 #2A3499 #3845C8 #6872D5 #989FE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.36

#3845C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#3845C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3845C8

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3845C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3845C8	1.00	7.36	2.85	7.36
#FFFFFF	7.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004FC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006880

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3845c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 69, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.8% 0.201 271.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8379da',
    500: '#3845c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3845c8;
$custom-light: #8379da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3845c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.583,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46825,
    "c": 0.20076,
    "h": 271.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3845C8

secondary

#CEC88E

accent

#D248E0

background

#F8F7FD

surface

#F0EDFB

border

#CBC8D4

text

#0C0915

muted

#7D7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3845C8

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

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