#3C38D4#3C38D4

#3C38D4 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 46.2% C 0.228 H 274.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C38D4
RGB	rgb(60, 56, 212)
HSL	hsl(242, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(242, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 73.6%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.09, 50.95, -78.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.09, 93.74, 302.92°)
OKLab	oklab(46.22% 0.0157 -0.2276)
OKLCH	oklch(46.22% 0.228 274)
XYZ	xyz(15.1574, 8.5410, 63.1244)
Luminance	0.0854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 2.91

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C38D4 #D0D438

analogous

#3882D4 #3C38D4 #8A38D4

triadic

#3C38D4 #D43C38 #38D43C

tetradic

#3C38D4 #D43882 #D0D438 #38D48A

square

#3C38D4 #D43882 #D0D438 #38D48A

split-complementary

#3C38D4 #D48A38 #82D438

monochromatic

#1C1A78 #2825AA #3C38D4 #6D6ADF #9F9DEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.75

#3C38D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.71

#3C38D4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C38D4

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C38D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C38D4	1.00	7.75	2.71	7.75
#FFFFFF	7.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005AD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006583

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c38d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 56, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.2% 0.228 274.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8871e3',
    500: '#3c38d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c38d4;
$custom-light: #8871e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c38d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.538,
    "s": 64.463,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46217,
    "c": 0.22815,
    "h": 274
  },
  "luminance": 0.08542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C38D4

secondary

#D4D692

accent

#E740E3

background

#F9F6FE

surface

#F1ECFC

border

#CBC7D5

text

#0D0816

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C38D4

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

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