#3B38D0#3B38D0

#3B38D0 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 45.8% C 0.224 H 273.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B38D0
RGB	rgb(59, 56, 208)
HSL	hsl(241, 62%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(241, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 73.1%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.62, 49.58, -77.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.62, 91.70, 302.73°)
OKLab	oklab(45.75% 0.0153 -0.2231)
OKLCH	oklch(45.75% 0.224 273.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.5992, 8.3108, 60.4970)
Luminance	0.0831 (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

#3B38D0 #CDD038

analogous

#3881D0 #3B38D0 #8738D0

triadic

#3B38D0 #D03B38 #38D03B

tetradic

#3B38D0 #D03881 #CDD038 #38D087

square

#3B38D0 #D03881 #CDD038 #38D087

split-complementary

#3B38D0 #D08738 #81D038

monochromatic

#1D1B73 #2927A4 #3B38D0 #6C6ADC #9D9BE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.89

#3B38D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#3B38D0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B38D0

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B38D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B38D0	1.00	7.89	2.66	7.89
#FFFFFF	7.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0058D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004ACD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006481

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b38d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 56, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.8% 0.224 273.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8771e0',
    500: '#3b38d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b38d0;
$custom-light: #8771e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b38d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.184,
    "s": 61.789,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45752,
    "c": 0.22365,
    "h": 273.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B38D0

secondary

#D2D391

accent

#E543E2

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F1ECFB

border

#CBC7D4

text

#0D0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B38D0

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

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