#3C38CD#3C38CD

#3C38CD is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.220 H 274.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C38CD
RGB	rgb(60, 56, 205)
HSL	hsl(242, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(242, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 72.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.39, 48.71, -75.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.39, 90.09, 302.73°)
OKLab	oklab(45.51% 0.017 -0.2192)
OKLCH	oklch(45.51% 0.22 274.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.2934, 8.1954, 58.5744)
Luminance	0.0820 (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

#3C38CD #C9CD38

analogous

#387ECD #3C38CD #8638CD

triadic

#3C38CD #CD3C38 #38CD3C

tetradic

#3C38CD #CD387E #C9CD38 #38CD86

square

#3C38CD #CD387E #C9CD38 #38CD86

split-complementary

#3C38CD #CD8638 #7ECD38

monochromatic

#1E1C6F #2B28A0 #3C38CD #6C69D9 #9C9AE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.96

#3C38CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.64

#3C38CD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C38CD

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C38CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C38CD	1.00	7.96	2.64	7.96
#FFFFFF	7.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0058D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004ACA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00627F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c38cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 56, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.220 274.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8670de',
    500: '#3c38cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c38cd;
$custom-light: #8670de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c38cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.611,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45512,
    "c": 0.21982,
    "h": 274.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C38CD

secondary

#D0D18F

accent

#E345DF

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F1ECFB

border

#CBC7D4

text

#0D0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C38CD

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

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