#3C38B5#3C38B5

#3C38B5 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.190 H 276.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C38B5
RGB	rgb(60, 56, 181)
HSL	hsl(242, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(242, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.9%, 69.1%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.09, 40.85, -65.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.09, 77.17, 301.96°)
OKLab	oklab(43.17% 0.0208 -0.1891)
OKLCH	oklch(43.17% 0.19 276.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.6154, 7.1242, 44.4701)
Luminance	0.0712 (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

#3C38B5 #B1B538

analogous

#3873B5 #3C38B5 #7B38B5

triadic

#3C38B5 #B53C38 #38B53C

tetradic

#3C38B5 #B53873 #B1B538 #38B57B

square

#3C38B5 #B53873 #B1B538 #38B57B

split-complementary

#3C38B5 #B57B38 #73B538

monochromatic

#1D1B58 #2D2A86 #3C38B5 #615DCD #8F8CDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.66

#3C38B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#3C38B5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C38B5

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C38B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C38B5	1.00	8.66	2.42	8.66
#FFFFFF	8.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0046B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c38b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 56, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.190 276.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8170cc',
    500: '#3c38b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c38b5;
$custom-light: #8170cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c38b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.92,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43173,
    "c": 0.1902,
    "h": 276.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C38B5

secondary

#C4C683

accent

#DC4CD8

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF9

border

#CBC7D2

text

#0C0714

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C38B5

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

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