#3D38BE#3D38BE

#3D38BE is a dark, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.201 H 275.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3D38BE
RGB	rgb(61, 56, 190)
HSL	hsl(242, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(242, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.9%, 70.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.00, 43.94, -69.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.00, 82.05, 302.38°)
OKLab	oklab(44.1% 0.0207 -0.2002)
OKLCH	oklch(44.1% 0.201 275.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.6299, 7.5370, 49.4944)
Luminance	0.0754 (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

#3D38BE #B9BE38

analogous

#3876BE #3D38BE #8038BE

triadic

#3D38BE #BE3D38 #38BE3D

tetradic

#3D38BE #BE3876 #B9BE38 #38BE80

square

#3D38BE #BE3876 #B9BE38 #38BE80

split-complementary

#3D38BE #BE8038 #76BE38

monochromatic

#1F1C5F #2E2A8F #3D38BE #6662D1 #9592DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.37

#3D38BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#3D38BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3D38BE

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3D38BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3D38BE	1.00	8.37	2.51	8.37
#FFFFFF	8.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005D77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3d38be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(61, 56, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.201 275.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8470d3',
    500: '#3d38be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3d38be;
$custom-light: #8470d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3d38be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 61,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.239,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44102,
    "c": 0.20127,
    "h": 275.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3D38BE

secondary

#C7CA88

accent

#DE4AD8

background

#F8F6FD

surface

#F0ECFA

border

#CBC7D3

text

#0C0714

muted

#7D7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3D38BE

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

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