#3850AE#3850AE

#3850AE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 46.7% C 0.152 H 269.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3850AE
RGB	rgb(56, 80, 174)
HSL	hsl(228, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(228, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 54%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.18, 22.58, -53.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.18, 57.65, 293.06°)
OKLab	oklab(46.69% -0.0027 -0.1525)
OKLCH	oklch(46.69% 0.152 269)
XYZ	xyz(12.1369, 9.6329, 41.2559)
Luminance	0.0963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3850AE #AE9638

analogous

#388BAE #3850AE #5B38AE

triadic

#3850AE #AE3850 #50AE38

tetradic

#3850AE #AE388B #AE9638 #38AE5B

square

#3850AE #AE388B #AE9638 #38AE5B

split-complementary

#3850AE #AE5B38 #8BAE38

monochromatic

#1A2551 #293B80 #3850AE #5970CA #8898D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.18

#3850AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#3850AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3850AE

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3850AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3850AE	1.00	7.18	2.93	7.18
#FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0C5DB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0052AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006677

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3850ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 80, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.7% 0.152 269.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c80c7',
    500: '#3850ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3850ae;
$custom-light: #7c80c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3850ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.797,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46685,
    "c": 0.15248,
    "h": 269
  },
  "luminance": 0.09634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3850AE

secondary

#C3B57F

accent

#BE4DDB

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#EFEEF8

border

#CAC9D1

text

#0B0A13

muted

#7C7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3850AE

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

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