#3851AE#3851AE

#3851AE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 46.9% C 0.151 H 268.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3851AE
RGB	rgb(56, 81, 174)
HSL	hsl(227, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(227, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 53.4%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.45, 21.92, -52.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.45, 56.99, 292.63°)
OKLab	oklab(46.89% -0.0036 -0.1512)
OKLCH	oklch(46.89% 0.151 268.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.2107, 9.7804, 41.2805)
Luminance	0.0978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3851AE #AE9538

analogous

#388CAE #3851AE #5A38AE

triadic

#3851AE #AE3851 #51AE38

tetradic

#3851AE #AE388C #AE9538 #38AE5A

square

#3851AE #AE388C #AE9538 #38AE5A

split-complementary

#3851AE #AE5A38 #8CAE38

monochromatic

#1A2651 #293B80 #3851AE #5971CA #8899D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.10

#3851AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#3851AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3851AE

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3851AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3851AE	1.00	7.10	2.96	7.10
#FFFFFF	7.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#125EB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0053AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006777

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3851ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 81, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.9% 0.151 268.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c81c7',
    500: '#3851ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3851ae;
$custom-light: #7c81c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3851ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.288,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46888,
    "c": 0.1512,
    "h": 268.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3851AE

secondary

#C3B47F

accent

#BD4DDB

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#EFEEF8

border

#CAC9D1

text

#0B0A13

muted

#7C7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3851AE

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

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