#3B38CD#3B38CD

#3B38CD is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.220 H 274.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B38CD
RGB	rgb(59, 56, 205)
HSL	hsl(241, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(241, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 72.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.32, 48.61, -75.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.32, 90.13, 302.64°)
OKLab	oklab(45.45% 0.0158 -0.2195)
OKLCH	oklch(45.45% 0.22 274.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.2336, 8.1645, 58.5716)
Luminance	0.0817 (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

#3B38CD #CACD38

analogous

#387FCD #3B38CD #8538CD

triadic

#3B38CD #CD3B38 #38CD3B

tetradic

#3B38CD #CD387F #CACD38 #38CD85

square

#3B38CD #CD387F #CACD38 #38CD85

split-complementary

#3B38CD #CD8538 #7FCD38

monochromatic

#1E1C6F #2B28A0 #3B38CD #6B69D9 #9B9AE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.98

#3B38CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.63

#3B38CD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B38CD

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B38CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B38CD	1.00	7.98	2.63	7.98
#FFFFFF	7.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0058D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004ACA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00637F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b38cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 56, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.220 274.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8670de',
    500: '#3b38cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b38cd;
$custom-light: #8670de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b38cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.208,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4545,
    "c": 0.22006,
    "h": 274.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B38CD

secondary

#D0D18F

accent

#E345E0

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F1ECFB

border

#CBC7D4

text

#0D0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B38CD

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

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