#3C438D#3C438D

#3C438D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.121 H 275.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C438D
RGB	rgb(60, 67, 141)
HSL	hsl(235, 40%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(235, 57%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 52.5%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.57, 20.08, -42.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.57, 46.70, 295.47°)
OKLab	oklab(41.79% 0.0122 -0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(41.79% 0.121 275.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.6768, 6.8975, 26.0683)
Luminance	0.0690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C438D #8D863C

analogous

#3C6C8D #3C438D #5E3C8D

triadic

#3C438D #8D3C43 #438D3C

tetradic

#3C438D #8D3C6C #8D863C #3C8D5E

square

#3C438D #8D3C6C #8D863C #3C8D5E

split-complementary

#3C438D #8D5E3C #6C8D3C

monochromatic

#171A37 #2A2F62 #3C438D #515AB5 #7C83C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.83

#3C438D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#3C438D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C438D

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C438D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C438D	1.00	8.83	2.38	8.83
#FFFFFF	8.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C4E90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D478B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0F5461

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c438d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 67, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.121 275.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7977af',
    500: '#3c438d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c438d;
$custom-light: #7977af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c438d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.815,
    "s": 40.299,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41789,
    "c": 0.12114,
    "h": 275.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C438D

secondary

#B1AC74

accent

#C658D0

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EEEDF4

border

#C9C8CE

text

#0A0810

muted

#7C7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C438D

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

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