#3A38B5#3A38B5

#3A38B5 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.191 H 275.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A38B5
RGB	rgb(58, 56, 181)
HSL	hsl(241, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(241, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 69.1%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.95, 40.60, -65.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.95, 77.24, 301.71°)
OKLab	oklab(43.04% 0.0183 -0.1898)
OKLCH	oklch(43.04% 0.191 275.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.4968, 7.0630, 44.4645)
Luminance	0.0706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A38B5 #B3B538

analogous

#3875B5 #3A38B5 #7938B5

triadic

#3A38B5 #B53A38 #38B53A

tetradic

#3A38B5 #B53875 #B3B538 #38B579

square

#3A38B5 #B53875 #B3B538 #38B579

split-complementary

#3A38B5 #B57938 #75B538

monochromatic

#1C1B58 #2B2A86 #3A38B5 #5F5DCD #8D8CDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.70

#3A38B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#3A38B5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3A38B5

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A38B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3A38B5	1.00	8.70	2.41	8.70
#FFFFFF	8.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a38b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 56, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.191 275.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816fcc',
    500: '#3a38b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a38b5;
$custom-light: #816fcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a38b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240.96,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43038,
    "c": 0.19067,
    "h": 275.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A38B5

secondary

#C5C683

accent

#DC4CDA

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF9

border

#CBC7D2

text

#0C0714

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A38B5

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

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