#3D38AE#3D38AE

#3D38AE is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.181 H 277.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3D38AE
RGB	rgb(61, 56, 174)
HSL	hsl(243, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(243, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 67.8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.52, 38.65, -62.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.52, 73.26, 301.84°)
OKLab	oklab(42.59% 0.023 -0.1795)
OKLCH	oklch(42.59% 0.181 277.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.9761, 6.8755, 40.7849)
Luminance	0.0688 (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

#3D38AE #A9AE38

analogous

#386EAE #3D38AE #7838AE

triadic

#3D38AE #AE3D38 #38AE3D

tetradic

#3D38AE #AE386E #A9AE38 #38AE78

square

#3D38AE #AE386E #A9AE38 #38AE78

split-complementary

#3D38AE #AE7838 #6EAE38

monochromatic

#1D1A51 #2D2980 #3D38AE #5E59CA #8B88D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.84

#3D38AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#3D38AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3D38AE

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3D38AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3D38AE	1.00	8.84	2.38	8.84
#FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00576E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3d38ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(61, 56, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.181 277.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#806fc7',
    500: '#3d38ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3d38ae;
$custom-light: #806fc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3d38ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 61,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.542,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42588,
    "c": 0.18101,
    "h": 277.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3D38AE

secondary

#C0C37F

accent

#DB4DD5

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0B0713

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3D38AE

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

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