#3B38CC#3B38CC

#3B38CC is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 45.4% C 0.219 H 274.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B38CC
RGB	rgb(59, 56, 204)
HSL	hsl(241, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(241, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 72.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.22, 48.29, -75.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.22, 89.60, 302.61°)
OKLab	oklab(45.35% 0.016 -0.2183)
OKLCH	oklch(45.35% 0.219 274.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.1133, 8.1164, 57.9379)
Luminance	0.0812 (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

#3B38CC #C9CC38

analogous

#387FCC #3B38CC #8538CC

triadic

#3B38CC #CC3B38 #38CC3B

tetradic

#3B38CC #CC387F #C9CC38 #38CC85

square

#3B38CC #CC387F #C9CC38 #38CC85

split-complementary

#3B38CC #CC8538 #7FCC38

monochromatic

#1E1C6E #2B299E #3B38CC #6B69D8 #9B99E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.00

#3B38CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.62

#3B38CC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B38CC

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B38CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B38CC	1.00	8.00	2.62	8.00
#FFFFFF	8.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00627F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b38cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 56, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.4% 0.219 274.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8670dd',
    500: '#3b38cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b38cc;
$custom-light: #8670dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b38cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.216,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4535,
    "c": 0.21885,
    "h": 274.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B38CC

secondary

#CFD18F

accent

#E245DF

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F1ECFB

border

#CBC7D4

text

#0D0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B38CC

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

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