#3C38AA#3C38AA

#3C38AA is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.176 H 277.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C38AA
RGB	rgb(60, 56, 170)
HSL	hsl(242, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(242, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 67.1%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.09, 37.17, -60.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.09, 71.05, 301.54°)
OKLab	oklab(42.15% 0.0222 -0.1746)
OKLCH	oklch(42.15% 0.176 277.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.5310, 6.6904, 38.7588)
Luminance	0.0669 (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

#3C38AA #A6AA38

analogous

#386DAA #3C38AA #7538AA

triadic

#3C38AA #AA3C38 #38AA3C

tetradic

#3C38AA #AA386D #A6AA38 #38AA75

square

#3C38AA #AA386D #A6AA38 #38AA75

split-complementary

#3C38AA #AA7538 #6DAA38

monochromatic

#1C1A4E #2C297C #3C38AA #5B57C8 #8885D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.98

#3C38AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#3C38AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C38AA

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C38AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C38AA	1.00	8.98	2.34	8.98
#FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00566C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c38aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 56, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.176 277.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f6fc4',
    500: '#3c38aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c38aa;
$custom-light: #7f6fc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c38aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.105,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42148,
    "c": 0.17604,
    "h": 277.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C38AA

secondary

#BEC17D

accent

#DA4ED5

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFECF8

border

#CAC7D1

text

#0B0713

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C38AA

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

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