#3D38C5#3D38C5

#3D38C5 is a dark, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.210 H 275.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3D38C5
RGB	rgb(61, 56, 197)
HSL	hsl(242, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(242, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 71.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.67, 46.23, -72.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.67, 85.82, 302.59°)
OKLab	oklab(44.78% 0.0196 -0.209)
OKLCH	oklch(44.78% 0.21 275.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.4134, 7.8504, 53.6209)
Luminance	0.0785 (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

#3D38C5 #C0C538

analogous

#3879C5 #3D38C5 #8438C5

triadic

#3D38C5 #C53D38 #38C53D

tetradic

#3D38C5 #C53879 #C0C538 #38C584

square

#3D38C5 #C53879 #C0C538 #38C584

split-complementary

#3D38C5 #C58438 #79C538

monochromatic

#1F1D66 #2E2A95 #3D38C5 #6A67D4 #9996E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.17

#3D38C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#3D38C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3D38C5

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3D38C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3D38C5	1.00	8.17	2.57	8.17
#FFFFFF	8.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0055C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3d38c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(61, 56, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.210 275.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8570d8',
    500: '#3d38c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3d38c5;
$custom-light: #8570d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3d38c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 61,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.128,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44783,
    "c": 0.20989,
    "h": 275.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3D38C5

secondary

#CACD8C

accent

#DF49DA

background

#F8F6FD

surface

#F0ECFB

border

#CBC7D4

text

#0D0715

muted

#7D7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3D38C5

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

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