#3C38C6#3C38C6

#3C38C6 is a dark, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.211 H 274.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C38C6
RGB	rgb(60, 56, 198)
HSL	hsl(242, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(242, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 71.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.70, 46.44, -72.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.70, 86.38, 302.52°)
OKLab	oklab(44.82% 0.0182 -0.2106)
OKLCH	oklch(44.82% 0.211 274.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.4673, 7.8650, 54.2235)
Luminance	0.0787 (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

#3C38C6 #C2C638

analogous

#387BC6 #3C38C6 #8338C6

triadic

#3C38C6 #C63C38 #38C63C

tetradic

#3C38C6 #C6387B #C2C638 #38C683

square

#3C38C6 #C6387B #C2C638 #38C683

split-complementary

#3C38C6 #C68338 #7BC638

monochromatic

#1F1D67 #2E2B96 #3C38C6 #6A67D4 #9997E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.16

#3C38C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#3C38C6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C38C6

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C38C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C38C6	1.00	8.16	2.57	8.16
#FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00607B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c38c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 56, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.211 274.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8570d9',
    500: '#3c38c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c38c6;
$custom-light: #8570d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c38c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.69,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44817,
    "c": 0.21134,
    "h": 274.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C38C6

secondary

#CBCD8D

accent

#DF49DB

background

#F8F6FD

surface

#F0ECFB

border

#CBC7D4

text

#0D0715

muted

#7D7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C38C6

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

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