#3C38C5#3C38C5

#3C38C5 is a dark, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.210 H 275.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C38C5
RGB	rgb(60, 56, 197)
HSL	hsl(242, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(242, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 71.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.60, 46.12, -72.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.60, 85.85, 302.49°)
OKLab	oklab(44.72% 0.0184 -0.2093)
OKLCH	oklch(44.72% 0.21 275)
XYZ	xyz(13.3524, 7.8190, 53.6180)
Luminance	0.0782 (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

#3C38C5 #C1C538

analogous

#387BC5 #3C38C5 #8338C5

triadic

#3C38C5 #C53C38 #38C53C

tetradic

#3C38C5 #C5387B #C1C538 #38C583

square

#3C38C5 #C5387B #C1C538 #38C583

split-complementary

#3C38C5 #C58338 #7BC538

monochromatic

#1F1D66 #2D2A95 #3C38C5 #6A67D4 #9896E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.19

#3C38C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#3C38C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C38C5

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C38C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C38C5	1.00	8.19	2.56	8.19
#FFFFFF	8.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0055C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c38c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 56, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.210 275.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8570d8',
    500: '#3c38c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c38c5;
$custom-light: #8570d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c38c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.702,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44718,
    "c": 0.21012,
    "h": 275
  },
  "luminance": 0.0782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C38C5

secondary

#CBCD8C

accent

#DF49DB

background

#F8F6FD

surface

#F0ECFB

border

#CBC7D4

text

#0D0715

muted

#7D7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C38C5

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

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