#3E38BE#3E38BE

#3E38BE is a dark, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.201 H 276.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E38BE
RGB	rgb(62, 56, 190)
HSL	hsl(243, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(243, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 70.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.07, 44.06, -69.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.07, 82.02, 302.49°)
OKLab	oklab(44.17% 0.022 -0.1998)
OKLCH	oklch(44.17% 0.201 276.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.6920, 7.5691, 49.4973)
Luminance	0.0757 (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

#3E38BE #B8BE38

analogous

#3875BE #3E38BE #8138BE

triadic

#3E38BE #BE3E38 #38BE3E

tetradic

#3E38BE #BE3875 #B8BE38 #38BE81

square

#3E38BE #BE3875 #B8BE38 #38BE81

split-complementary

#3E38BE #BE8138 #75BE38

monochromatic

#1F1C5F #2F2A8F #3E38BE #6762D1 #9592DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.35

#3E38BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#3E38BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E38BE

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E38BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E38BE	1.00	8.35	2.51	8.35
#FFFFFF	8.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0054C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005D77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e38be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 56, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.201 276.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8470d3',
    500: '#3e38be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e38be;
$custom-light: #8470d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e38be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.687,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44169,
    "c": 0.20103,
    "h": 276.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E38BE

secondary

#C7CA88

accent

#DE4AD7

background

#F8F6FD

surface

#F0ECFA

border

#CBC7D3

text

#0C0714

muted

#7D7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E38BE

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

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