#3B38C4#3B38C4

#3B38C4 is a dark, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.209 H 274.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B38C4
RGB	rgb(59, 56, 196)
HSL	hsl(241, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(241, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 71.4%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.44, 45.68, -72.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.44, 85.35, 302.36°)
OKLab	oklab(44.56% 0.0173 -0.2084)
OKLCH	oklch(44.56% 0.209 274.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.1783, 7.7424, 53.0138)
Luminance	0.0774 (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

#3B38C4 #C1C438

analogous

#387BC4 #3B38C4 #8138C4

triadic

#3B38C4 #C43B38 #38C43B

tetradic

#3B38C4 #C4387B #C1C438 #38C481

square

#3B38C4 #C4387B #C1C438 #38C481

split-complementary

#3B38C4 #C48138 #7BC438

monochromatic

#1E1D65 #2D2A94 #3B38C4 #6866D3 #9796E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.24

#3B38C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#3B38C4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B38C4

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B38C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B38C4	1.00	8.24	2.55	8.24
#FFFFFF	8.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0055C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b38c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 56, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.209 274.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8470d7',
    500: '#3b38c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b38c4;
$custom-light: #8470d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b38c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.286,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44556,
    "c": 0.20915,
    "h": 274.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B38C4

secondary

#CBCC8C

accent

#DF49DC

background

#F8F6FD

surface

#F0ECFA

border

#CBC7D3

text

#0C0715

muted

#7D7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B38C4

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

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