#3E38AB#3E38AB

#3E38AB is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.177 H 278.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E38AB
RGB	rgb(62, 56, 171)
HSL	hsl(243, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(243, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 67.3%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.33, 37.79, -60.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.33, 71.55, 301.88°)
OKLab	oklab(42.39% 0.0247 -0.1752)
OKLCH	oklch(42.39% 0.177 278)
XYZ	xyz(10.7491, 6.7919, 39.2647)
Luminance	0.0679 (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

#3E38AB #A5AB38

analogous

#386CAB #3E38AB #7738AB

triadic

#3E38AB #AB3E38 #38AB3E

tetradic

#3E38AB #AB386C #A5AB38 #38AB77

square

#3E38AB #AB386C #A5AB38 #38AB77

split-complementary

#3E38AB #AB7738 #6CAB38

monochromatic

#1D1A4F #2D297D #3E38AB #5E58C8 #8A86D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.90

#3E38AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#3E38AB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E38AB

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E38AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E38AB	1.00	8.90	2.36	8.90
#FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00566C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e38ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 56, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.177 278.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#806fc5',
    500: '#3e38ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e38ab;
$custom-light: #806fc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e38ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.13,
    "s": 50.661,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42385,
    "c": 0.17691,
    "h": 278
  },
  "luminance": 0.06793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E38AB

secondary

#BEC17D

accent

#DA4ED3

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0B0713

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E38AB

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

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