#3848B8#3848B8

#3848B8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.176 H 271.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3848B8
RGB	rgb(56, 72, 184)
HSL	hsl(233, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(233, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 60.9%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.86, 31.40, -61.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.86, 68.69, 297.20°)
OKLab	oklab(45.94% 0.0042 -0.1762)
OKLCH	oklch(45.94% 0.176 271.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.5971, 8.9350, 46.3989)
Luminance	0.0894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3848B8 #B8A838

analogous

#3888B8 #3848B8 #6838B8

triadic

#3848B8 #B83848 #48B838

tetradic

#3848B8 #B83888 #B8A838 #38B868

square

#3848B8 #B83888 #B8A838 #38B868

split-complementary

#3848B8 #B86838 #88B838

monochromatic

#1B235A #2A3689 #3848B8 #5F6DCE #8E98DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.53

#3848B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.79

#3848B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3848B8

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3848B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3848B8	1.00	7.53	2.79	7.53
#FFFFFF	7.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005ABC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004FB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006479

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3848b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 72, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.176 271.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7bce',
    500: '#3848b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3848b8;
$custom-light: #7f7bce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3848b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.5,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45941,
    "c": 0.17627,
    "h": 271.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3848B8

secondary

#C7BF85

accent

#CB4BDD

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EDF9

border

#CBC8D2

text

#0B0914

muted

#7C7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3848B8

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

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