#3C38B4#3C38B4

#3C38B4 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.189 H 276.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C38B4
RGB	rgb(60, 56, 180)
HSL	hsl(242, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(242, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 68.9%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.00, 40.52, -65.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.00, 76.62, 301.92°)
OKLab	oklab(43.08% 0.021 -0.1878)
OKLCH	oklch(43.08% 0.189 276.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.5132, 7.0833, 43.9316)
Luminance	0.0708 (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

#3C38B4 #B0B438

analogous

#3872B4 #3C38B4 #7A38B4

triadic

#3C38B4 #B43C38 #38B43C

tetradic

#3C38B4 #B43872 #B0B438 #38B47A

square

#3C38B4 #B43872 #B0B438 #38B47A

split-complementary

#3C38B4 #B47A38 #72B438

monochromatic

#1D1B57 #2C2985 #3C38B4 #605DCD #8E8BDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.69

#3C38B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#3C38B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C38B4

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C38B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C38B4	1.00	8.69	2.42	8.69
#FFFFFF	8.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0046B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005971

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c38b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 56, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.189 276.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8170cc',
    500: '#3c38b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c38b4;
$custom-light: #8170cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c38b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.935,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43079,
    "c": 0.18893,
    "h": 276.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C38B4

secondary

#C3C582

accent

#DC4CD7

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF9

border

#CBC7D2

text

#0C0713

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C38B4

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

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