#3E38AC#3E38AC

#3E38AC is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.178 H 277.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E38AC
RGB	rgb(62, 56, 172)
HSL	hsl(243, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(243, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 67.4%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.42, 38.13, -61.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.42, 72.11, 301.92°)
OKLab	oklab(42.48% 0.0246 -0.1765)
OKLCH	oklch(42.48% 0.178 277.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.8448, 6.8302, 39.7686)
Luminance	0.0683 (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

#3E38AC #A6AC38

analogous

#386CAC #3E38AC #7838AC

triadic

#3E38AC #AC3E38 #38AC3E

tetradic

#3E38AC #AC386C #A6AC38 #38AC78

square

#3E38AC #AC386C #A6AC38 #38AC78

split-complementary

#3E38AC #AC7838 #6CAC38

monochromatic

#1D1A50 #2D297E #3E38AC #5E58C9 #8B87D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.87

#3E38AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#3E38AC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E38AC

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E38AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E38AC	1.00	8.87	2.37	8.87
#FFFFFF	8.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00566D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e38ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 56, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.178 277.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816fc6',
    500: '#3e38ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e38ac;
$custom-light: #816fc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e38ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.103,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42477,
    "c": 0.17821,
    "h": 277.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E38AC

secondary

#BEC27E

accent

#DA4DD3

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0B0713

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E38AC

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

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