#3B38C0#3B38C0

#3B38C0 is a dark, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.204 H 275.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B38C0
RGB	rgb(59, 56, 192)
HSL	hsl(241, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(241, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 70.8%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.05, 44.37, -70.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.05, 83.20, 302.23°)
OKLab	oklab(44.16% 0.0179 -0.2034)
OKLCH	oklch(44.16% 0.204 275)
XYZ	xyz(12.7291, 7.5627, 50.6479)
Luminance	0.0756 (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

#3B38C0 #BDC038

analogous

#3879C0 #3B38C0 #7F38C0

triadic

#3B38C0 #C03B38 #38C03B

tetradic

#3B38C0 #C03879 #BDC038 #38C07F

square

#3B38C0 #C03879 #BDC038 #38C07F

split-complementary

#3B38C0 #C07F38 #79C038

monochromatic

#1E1C61 #2C2A91 #3B38C0 #6664D2 #9593DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.36

#3B38C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#3B38C0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B38C0

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B38C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B38C0	1.00	8.36	2.51	8.36
#FFFFFF	8.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0054C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b38c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 56, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.204 275.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8370d4',
    500: '#3b38c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b38c0;
$custom-light: #8370d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b38c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.324,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44164,
    "c": 0.20422,
    "h": 275
  },
  "luminance": 0.07564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B38C0

secondary

#C9CB89

accent

#DE4ADB

background

#F8F6FD

surface

#F0ECFA

border

#CBC7D3

text

#0C0714

muted

#7D7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B38C0

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

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