#3C38BF#3C38BF

#3C38BF is a dark, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.203 H 275.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C38BF
RGB	rgb(60, 56, 191)
HSL	hsl(242, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(242, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 70.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.03, 44.15, -69.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.03, 82.63, 302.30°)
OKLab	oklab(44.13% 0.0193 -0.2018)
OKLCH	oklch(44.13% 0.203 275.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.6785, 7.5494, 50.0691)
Luminance	0.0755 (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

#3C38BF #BBBF38

analogous

#3877BF #3C38BF #7F38BF

triadic

#3C38BF #BF3C38 #38BF3C

tetradic

#3C38BF #BF3877 #BBBF38 #38BF7F

square

#3C38BF #BF3877 #BBBF38 #38BF7F

split-complementary

#3C38BF #BF7F38 #77BF38

monochromatic

#1E1C60 #2D2A90 #3C38BF #6663D1 #9592DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.37

#3C38BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#3C38BF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C38BF

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C38BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C38BF	1.00	8.37	2.51	8.37
#FFFFFF	8.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0054C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005D77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c38bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 56, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.203 275.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8470d4',
    500: '#3c38bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c38bf;
$custom-light: #8470d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c38bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.778,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44132,
    "c": 0.20274,
    "h": 275.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C38BF

secondary

#C8CA89

accent

#DE4ADA

background

#F8F6FD

surface

#F0ECFA

border

#CBC7D3

text

#0C0714

muted

#7D7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C38BF

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

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