#3B38D4#3B38D4

#3B38D4 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 46.2% C 0.228 H 273.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B38D4
RGB	rgb(59, 56, 212)
HSL	hsl(241, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(241, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 73.6%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.02, 50.86, -78.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.02, 93.78, 302.84°)
OKLab	oklab(46.16% 0.0145 -0.2279)
OKLCH	oklch(46.16% 0.228 273.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.0975, 8.5101, 63.1215)
Luminance	0.0851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 2.99

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B38D4 #D1D438

analogous

#3883D4 #3B38D4 #8938D4

triadic

#3B38D4 #D43B38 #38D43B

tetradic

#3B38D4 #D43883 #D1D438 #38D489

square

#3B38D4 #D43883 #D1D438 #38D489

split-complementary

#3B38D4 #D48938 #83D438

monochromatic

#1C1A78 #2725AA #3B38D4 #6D6ADF #9E9DEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.77

#3B38D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.70

#3B38D4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B38D4

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B38D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B38D4	1.00	7.77	2.70	7.77
#FFFFFF	7.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005AD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006583

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b38d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 56, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.2% 0.228 273.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8871e3',
    500: '#3b38d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b38d4;
$custom-light: #8871e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b38d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.154,
    "s": 64.463,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46157,
    "c": 0.2284,
    "h": 273.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B38D4

secondary

#D4D692

accent

#E740E4

background

#F9F6FE

surface

#F1ECFC

border

#CBC7D5

text

#0D0816

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B38D4

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

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