#3B38C5#3B38C5

#3B38C5 is a dark, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.210 H 274.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B38C5
RGB	rgb(59, 56, 197)
HSL	hsl(241, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(241, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 71.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.54, 46.01, -72.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.54, 85.89, 302.39°)
OKLab	oklab(44.66% 0.0171 -0.2097)
OKLCH	oklch(44.66% 0.21 274.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.2925, 7.7881, 53.6152)
Luminance	0.0779 (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

#3B38C5 #C2C538

analogous

#387BC5 #3B38C5 #8238C5

triadic

#3B38C5 #C53B38 #38C53B

tetradic

#3B38C5 #C5387B #C2C538 #38C582

square

#3B38C5 #C5387B #C2C538 #38C582

split-complementary

#3B38C5 #C58238 #7BC538

monochromatic

#1E1D66 #2D2A95 #3B38C5 #6967D4 #9896E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.21

#3B38C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#3B38C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B38C5

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B38C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B38C5	1.00	8.21	2.56	8.21
#FFFFFF	8.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0055C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00607B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b38c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 56, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.210 274.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8470d8',
    500: '#3b38c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b38c5;
$custom-light: #8470d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b38c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.277,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44655,
    "c": 0.21037,
    "h": 274.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B38C5

secondary

#CBCD8C

accent

#DF49DC

background

#F8F6FD

surface

#F0ECFB

border

#CBC7D4

text

#0D0715

muted

#7D7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B38C5

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

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