#3848B6#3848B6

#3848B6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 45.8% C 0.174 H 271.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3848B6
RGB	rgb(56, 72, 182)
HSL	hsl(232, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(232, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 60.4%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.70, 30.68, -60.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.70, 67.55, 297.02°)
OKLab	oklab(45.77% 0.0043 -0.1735)
OKLCH	oklch(45.77% 0.174 271.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.3889, 8.8517, 45.3025)
Luminance	0.0885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3848B6 #B6A638

analogous

#3887B6 #3848B6 #6738B6

triadic

#3848B6 #B63848 #48B638

tetradic

#3848B6 #B63887 #B6A638 #38B667

square

#3848B6 #B63887 #B6A638 #38B667

split-complementary

#3848B6 #B66738 #87B638

monochromatic

#1B2358 #2A3587 #3848B6 #5E6CCD #8D97DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.58

#3848B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.77

#3848B6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3848B6

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3848B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3848B6	1.00	7.58	2.77	7.58
#FFFFFF	7.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005ABA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004EB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006478

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3848b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 72, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.8% 0.174 271.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7bcd',
    500: '#3848b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3848b6;
$custom-light: #7f7bcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3848b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.381,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45771,
    "c": 0.17358,
    "h": 271.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3848B6

secondary

#C6BE84

accent

#CA4BDC

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#EFEDF9

border

#CAC8D2

text

#0B0914

muted

#7C7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3848B6

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

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