#3B38C8#3B38C8

#3B38C8 is a dark, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 45.0% C 0.214 H 274.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B38C8
RGB	rgb(59, 56, 200)
HSL	hsl(241, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(241, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 72%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.83, 46.99, -73.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.83, 87.48, 302.49°)
OKLab	oklab(44.95% 0.0166 -0.2134)
OKLCH	oklch(44.95% 0.214 274.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.6397, 7.9270, 55.4436)
Luminance	0.0793 (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

#3B38C8 #C5C838

analogous

#387DC8 #3B38C8 #8338C8

triadic

#3B38C8 #C83B38 #38C83B

tetradic

#3B38C8 #C8387D #C5C838 #38C883

square

#3B38C8 #C8387D #C5C838 #38C883

split-complementary

#3B38C8 #C88338 #7DC838

monochromatic

#1F1D69 #2C2A99 #3B38C8 #6A68D5 #9998E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.12

#3B38C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#3B38C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B38C8

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B38C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B38C8	1.00	8.12	2.59	8.12
#FFFFFF	8.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00617C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b38c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 56, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.0% 0.214 274.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8570da',
    500: '#3b38c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b38c8;
$custom-light: #8570da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b38c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.25,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44952,
    "c": 0.21402,
    "h": 274.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B38C8

secondary

#CDCE8E

accent

#E048DD

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F1ECFB

border

#CBC7D4

text

#0D0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B38C8

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

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