#3B38D9#3B38D9

#3B38D9 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 46.7% C 0.234 H 273.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B38D9
RGB	rgb(59, 56, 217)
HSL	hsl(241, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(241, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.8%, 74.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.53, 52.45, -80.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.53, 96.36, 302.98°)
OKLab	oklab(46.67% 0.0136 -0.2339)
OKLCH	oklch(46.67% 0.234 273.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.7380, 8.7663, 66.4948)
Luminance	0.0877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 3.09

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B38D9 #D6D938

analogous

#3885D9 #3B38D9 #8B38D9

triadic

#3B38D9 #D93B38 #38D93B

tetradic

#3B38D9 #D93885 #D6D938 #38D98B

square

#3B38D9 #D93885 #D6D938 #38D98B

split-complementary

#3B38D9 #D98B38 #85D938

monochromatic

#1A187E #2522B2 #3B38D9 #6E6BE3 #A09FED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.63

#3B38D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.75

#3B38D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B38D9

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B38D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B38D9	1.00	7.63	2.75	7.63
#FFFFFF	7.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006786

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b38d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 56, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.7% 0.234 273.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8971e6',
    500: '#3b38d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b38d9;
$custom-light: #8971e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b38d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.118,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46667,
    "c": 0.23429,
    "h": 273.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B38D9

secondary

#D8D994

accent

#EB3DE8

background

#F9F6FE

surface

#F2ECFD

border

#CCC7D5

text

#0E0816

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B38D9

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

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