#3C38CB#3C38CB

#3C38CB is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 45.3% C 0.217 H 274.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C38CB
RGB	rgb(60, 56, 203)
HSL	hsl(242, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(242, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 72.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.19, 48.06, -74.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.19, 89.04, 302.67°)
OKLab	oklab(45.31% 0.0173 -0.2167)
OKLCH	oklch(45.31% 0.217 274.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.0536, 8.0994, 57.3111)
Luminance	0.0810 (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

#3C38CB #C7CB38

analogous

#387DCB #3C38CB #8638CB

triadic

#3C38CB #CB3C38 #38CB3C

tetradic

#3C38CB #CB387D #C7CB38 #38CB86

square

#3C38CB #CB387D #C7CB38 #38CB86

split-complementary

#3C38CB #CB8638 #7DCB38

monochromatic

#1E1C6C #2C299D #3C38CB #6C69D8 #9B99E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.01

#3C38CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.62

#3C38CB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C38CB

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C38CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C38CB	1.00	8.01	2.62	8.01
#FFFFFF	8.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00627E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c38cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 56, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.3% 0.217 274.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8670dc',
    500: '#3c38cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c38cb;
$custom-light: #8670dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c38cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.633,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45313,
    "c": 0.21741,
    "h": 274.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C38CB

secondary

#CED08F

accent

#E246DE

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F1ECFB

border

#CBC7D4

text

#0D0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C38CB

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

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