#3B38BC#3B38BC

#3B38BC is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.199 H 275.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B38BC
RGB	rgb(59, 56, 188)
HSL	hsl(241, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(241, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 70.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.67, 43.05, -68.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.67, 81.04, 302.09°)
OKLab	oklab(43.78% 0.0186 -0.1984)
OKLCH	oklch(43.78% 0.199 275.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.2919, 7.3879, 48.3454)
Luminance	0.0739 (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

#3B38BC #B9BC38

analogous

#3877BC #3B38BC #7D38BC

triadic

#3B38BC #BC3B38 #38BC3B

tetradic

#3B38BC #BC3877 #B9BC38 #38BC7D

square

#3B38BC #BC3877 #B9BC38 #38BC7D

split-complementary

#3B38BC #BC7D38 #77BC38

monochromatic

#1D1C5E #2C2A8D #3B38BC #6461D0 #9290DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.48

#3B38BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#3B38BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B38BC

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B38BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B38BC	1.00	8.48	2.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	8.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b38bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 56, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.199 275.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8270d1',
    500: '#3b38bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b38bc;
$custom-light: #8270d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b38bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.364,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43776,
    "c": 0.19925,
    "h": 275.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B38BC

secondary

#C7C987

accent

#DD4ADA

background

#F8F6FD

surface

#F0ECFA

border

#CBC7D3

text

#0C0714

muted

#7D7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B38BC

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

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