#3C438E#3C438E

#3C438E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.123 H 275.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C438E
RGB	rgb(60, 67, 142)
HSL	hsl(235, 41%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(235, 58%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 52.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.64, 20.43, -42.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.64, 47.31, 295.59°)
OKLab	oklab(41.86% 0.0123 -0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(41.86% 0.123 275.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.7515, 6.9273, 26.4619)
Luminance	0.0693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C438E #8E873C

analogous

#3C6C8E #3C438E #5E3C8E

triadic

#3C438E #8E3C43 #438E3C

tetradic

#3C438E #8E3C6C #8E873C #3C8E5E

square

#3C438E #8E3C6C #8E873C #3C8E5E

split-complementary

#3C438E #8E5E3C #6C8E3C

monochromatic

#181A38 #2A2F63 #3C438E #525AB6 #7D83C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.80

#3C438E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#3C438E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C438E

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C438E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C438E	1.00	8.80	2.39	8.80
#FFFFFF	8.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A4E91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B478C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0D5462

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c438e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 67, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.123 275.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7977b0',
    500: '#3c438e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c438e;
$custom-light: #7977b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c438e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.878,
    "s": 40.594,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41863,
    "c": 0.12263,
    "h": 275.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C438E

secondary

#B2AC74

accent

#C657D0

background

#F7F7FA

surface

#EEEDF5

border

#C9C8CF

text

#0A0810

muted

#7C7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C438E

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