#3E38BD#3E38BD

#3E38BD is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.200 H 276.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E38BD
RGB	rgb(62, 56, 189)
HSL	hsl(243, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(243, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 70.4%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.97, 43.73, -68.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.97, 81.48, 302.46°)
OKLab	oklab(44.07% 0.0221 -0.1986)
OKLCH	oklch(44.07% 0.2 276.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.5831, 7.5255, 48.9237)
Luminance	0.0753 (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

#3E38BD #B7BD38

analogous

#3874BD #3E38BD #8038BD

triadic

#3E38BD #BD3E38 #38BD3E

tetradic

#3E38BD #BD3874 #B7BD38 #38BD80

square

#3E38BD #BD3874 #B7BD38 #38BD80

split-complementary

#3E38BD #BD8038 #74BD38

monochromatic

#1F1C5F #2F2A8E #3E38BD #6762D0 #9491DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.38

#3E38BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#3E38BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E38BD

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E38BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E38BD	1.00	8.38	2.51	8.38
#FFFFFF	8.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e38bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 56, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.200 276.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8470d2',
    500: '#3e38bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e38bd;
$custom-light: #8470d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e38bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.707,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44073,
    "c": 0.19979,
    "h": 276.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E38BD

secondary

#C6C987

accent

#DE4AD7

background

#F8F6FD

surface

#F0ECFA

border

#CBC7D3

text

#0C0714

muted

#7D7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E38BD

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

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