#3C38AC#3C38AC

#3C38AC is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.179 H 277.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C38AC
RGB	rgb(60, 56, 172)
HSL	hsl(242, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(242, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 67.4%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.27, 37.84, -61.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.27, 72.17, 301.62°)
OKLab	oklab(42.33% 0.022 -0.1773)
OKLCH	oklch(42.33% 0.179 277.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.7216, 6.7667, 39.7628)
Luminance	0.0677 (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

#3C38AC #A8AC38

analogous

#386EAC #3C38AC #7638AC

triadic

#3C38AC #AC3C38 #38AC3C

tetradic

#3C38AC #AC386E #A8AC38 #38AC76

square

#3C38AC #AC386E #A8AC38 #38AC76

split-complementary

#3C38AC #AC7638 #6EAC38

monochromatic

#1C1A50 #2C297E #3C38AC #5C58C9 #8987D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.92

#3C38AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#3C38AC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C38AC

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C38AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C38AC	1.00	8.92	2.35	8.92
#FFFFFF	8.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00566D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c38ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 56, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.179 277.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#806fc6',
    500: '#3c38ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c38ac;
$custom-light: #806fc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c38ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.069,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42332,
    "c": 0.17865,
    "h": 277.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C38AC

secondary

#BFC27E

accent

#DA4DD6

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFECF8

border

#CAC7D1

text

#0B0713

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C38AC

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

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