#3855BD#3855BD

#3855BD is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.167 H 267.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3855BD
RGB	rgb(56, 85, 189)
HSL	hsl(227, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(227, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 55%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.60, 24.80, -57.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.60, 63.03, 293.17°)
OKLab	oklab(48.85% -0.0061 -0.1668)
OKLCH	oklch(48.85% 0.167 267.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.0615, 11.0105, 49.5184)
Luminance	0.1101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3855BD #BDA038

analogous

#3898BD #3855BD #5D38BD

triadic

#3855BD #BD3855 #55BD38

tetradic

#3855BD #BD3898 #BDA038 #38BD5D

square

#3855BD #BD3898 #BDA038 #38BD5D

split-complementary

#3855BD #BD5D38 #98BD38

monochromatic

#1C2B5F #2A408E #3855BD #627AD0 #91A2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.56

#3855BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.20

#3855BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3855BD

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3855BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3855BD	1.00	6.56	3.20	6.56
#FFFFFF	6.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0057BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3855bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 85, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.167 267.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f84d2',
    500: '#3855bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3855bd;
$custom-light: #7f84d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3855bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.917,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48853,
    "c": 0.16692,
    "h": 267.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3855BD

secondary

#C9BB87

accent

#BD4ADE

background

#F8F8FD

surface

#F0EFFA

border

#CBCAD3

text

#0B0A14

muted

#7C7C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3855BD

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

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