#3B38C3#3B38C3

#3B38C3 is a dark, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.208 H 274.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B38C3
RGB	rgb(59, 56, 195)
HSL	hsl(241, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(241, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 71.3%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.34, 45.35, -71.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.34, 84.82, 302.33°)
OKLab	oklab(44.46% 0.0175 -0.2072)
OKLCH	oklch(44.46% 0.208 274.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.0649, 7.6970, 52.4163)
Luminance	0.0770 (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

#3B38C3 #C0C338

analogous

#387BC3 #3B38C3 #8138C3

triadic

#3B38C3 #C33B38 #38C33B

tetradic

#3B38C3 #C3387B #C0C338 #38C381

square

#3B38C3 #C3387B #C0C338 #38C381

split-complementary

#3B38C3 #C38138 #7BC338

monochromatic

#1E1D64 #2D2A93 #3B38C3 #6865D3 #9795E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.27

#3B38C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#3B38C3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B38C3

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B38C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B38C3	1.00	8.27	2.54	8.27
#FFFFFF	8.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0055C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b38c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 56, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.208 274.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8470d6',
    500: '#3b38c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b38c3;
$custom-light: #8470d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b38c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.295,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44458,
    "c": 0.20791,
    "h": 274.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B38C3

secondary

#CACC8B

accent

#DF49DB

background

#F8F6FD

surface

#F0ECFA

border

#CBC7D3

text

#0C0714

muted

#7D7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B38C3

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

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