#3853B3#3853B3

#3853B3 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.156 H 268.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3853B3
RGB	rgb(56, 83, 179)
HSL	hsl(227, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(227, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 53.6%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.34, 22.44, -54.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.34, 58.58, 292.53°)
OKLab	oklab(47.68% -0.005 -0.1556)
OKLCH	oklch(47.68% 0.156 268.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.8580, 10.2807, 43.9458)
Luminance	0.1028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3853B3 #B39838

analogous

#3890B3 #3853B3 #5A38B3

triadic

#3853B3 #B33853 #53B338

tetradic

#3853B3 #B33890 #B39838 #38B35A

square

#3853B3 #B33890 #B39838 #38B35A

split-complementary

#3853B3 #B35A38 #90B338

monochromatic

#1B2856 #293D84 #3853B3 #5C75CC #8B9CDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.87

#3853B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.06

#3853B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3853B3

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3853B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3853B3	1.00	6.87	3.06	6.87
#FFFFFF	6.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F60B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0055B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006A7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3853b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 83, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.156 268.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d83ca',
    500: '#3853b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3853b3;
$custom-light: #7d83ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3853b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.829,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47678,
    "c": 0.15564,
    "h": 268.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3853B3

secondary

#C5B682

accent

#BC4CDC

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#EFEEF8

border

#CAC9D1

text

#0B0A13

muted

#7C7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3853B3

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

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