#3846C9#3846C9

#3846C9 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.1% C 0.201 H 271.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3846C9
RGB	rgb(56, 70, 201)
HSL	hsl(234, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(234, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 65.2%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.81, 38.67, -69.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.81, 79.52, 299.10°)
OKLab	oklab(47.09% 0.0049 -0.2008)
OKLCH	oklch(47.09% 0.201 271.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.3601, 9.4367, 56.3117)
Luminance	0.0944 (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

#3846C9 #C9BB38

analogous

#388EC9 #3846C9 #7238C9

triadic

#3846C9 #C93846 #46C938

tetradic

#3846C9 #C9388E #C9BB38 #38C972

square

#3846C9 #C9388E #C9BB38 #38C972

split-complementary

#3846C9 #C97238 #8EC938

monochromatic

#1D246A #2A359A #3846C9 #6873D6 #98A0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.27

#3846C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#3846C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3846C9

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3846C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3846C9	1.00	7.27	2.89	7.27
#FFFFFF	7.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0050C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006981

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3846c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 70, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.1% 0.201 271.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8379db',
    500: '#3846c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3846c9;
$custom-light: #8379db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3846c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.207,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47086,
    "c": 0.2009,
    "h": 271.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3846C9

secondary

#CFC88E

accent

#D247E1

background

#F8F7FD

surface

#F0EDFB

border

#CBC8D4

text

#0C0915

muted

#7D7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3846C9

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

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