#3E38AA#3E38AA

#3E38AA is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.176 H 278.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E38AA
RGB	rgb(62, 56, 170)
HSL	hsl(243, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(243, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 67.1%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.24, 37.46, -60.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.24, 70.99, 301.85°)
OKLab	oklab(42.29% 0.0248 -0.1738)
OKLCH	oklch(42.29% 0.176 278.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.6541, 6.7539, 38.7646)
Luminance	0.0675 (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

#3E38AA #A4AA38

analogous

#386BAA #3E38AA #7738AA

triadic

#3E38AA #AA3E38 #38AA3E

tetradic

#3E38AA #AA386B #A4AA38 #38AA77

square

#3E38AA #AA386B #A4AA38 #38AA77

split-complementary

#3E38AA #AA7738 #6BAA38

monochromatic

#1C1A4E #2D297C #3E38AA #5D57C8 #8A85D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.93

#3E38AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#3E38AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E38AA

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E38AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E38AA	1.00	8.93	2.35	8.93
#FFFFFF	8.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00566C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e38aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 56, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.176 278.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#806fc4',
    500: '#3e38aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e38aa;
$custom-light: #806fc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e38aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.158,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42294,
    "c": 0.1756,
    "h": 278.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E38AA

secondary

#BDC17D

accent

#DA4ED3

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFECF8

border

#CAC7D1

text

#0B0713

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E38AA

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

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