#3C38CA#3C38CA

#3C38CA is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 45.2% C 0.216 H 274.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C38CA
RGB	rgb(60, 56, 202)
HSL	hsl(242, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(242, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 72.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.09, 47.74, -74.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.09, 88.51, 302.64°)
OKLab	oklab(45.21% 0.0175 -0.2155)
OKLCH	oklch(45.21% 0.216 274.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.9348, 8.0519, 56.6855)
Luminance	0.0805 (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

#3C38CA #C6CA38

analogous

#387DCA #3C38CA #8538CA

triadic

#3C38CA #CA3C38 #38CA3C

tetradic

#3C38CA #CA387D #C6CA38 #38CA85

square

#3C38CA #CA387D #C6CA38 #38CA85

split-complementary

#3C38CA #CA8538 #7DCA38

monochromatic

#1F1D6B #2D299B #3C38CA #6B68D7 #9B99E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.04

#3C38CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.61

#3C38CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C38CA

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C38CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C38CA	1.00	8.04	2.61	8.04
#FFFFFF	8.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00617E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c38ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 56, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.2% 0.216 274.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8670db',
    500: '#3c38ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c38ca;
$custom-light: #8670db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c38ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.644,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45213,
    "c": 0.2162,
    "h": 274.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C38CA

secondary

#CECF8E

accent

#E147DD

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F1ECFB

border

#CBC7D4

text

#0D0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C38CA

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

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