#3E38C4#3E38C4

#3E38C4 is a dark, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.208 H 275.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#3E38C4
RGBrgb(62, 56, 196)
HSLhsl(243, 56%, 49%)
HSVhsv(243, 71%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(68.4%, 71.4%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(33.64, 46.01, -71.76)
CIE-LCHlch(33.64, 85.25, 302.67°)
OKLaboklab(44.75% 0.021 -0.2074)
OKLCHoklch(44.75% 0.208 275.8)
XYZxyz(13.3613, 7.8368, 53.0224)
Luminance0.0784 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#3E38C4 #BEC438
analogous
#3878C4 #3E38C4 #8438C4
triadic
#3E38C4 #C43E38 #38C43E
tetradic
#3E38C4 #C43878 #BEC438 #38C484
square
#3E38C4 #C43878 #BEC438 #38C484
split-complementary
#3E38C4 #C48438 #78C438
monochromatic
#201D65 #2F2A94 #3E38C4 #6B66D3 #9996E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.18
#3E38C4 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57
#3E38C4 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E38C4
8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##3E38C4#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##3E38C41.008.182.578.18
#FFFFFF8.181.0021.001.00
#0000002.5721.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.181.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#0055C8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#0049C1
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#005F7A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #3e38c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 56, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.208 275.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8570d7',
    500: '#3e38c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #3e38c4;
$custom-light: #8570d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#3e38c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.571,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44751,
    "c": 0.20843,
    "h": 275.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#3E38C4
secondary
#C9CC8C
accent
#DF49D8
background
#F8F6FD
surface
#F0ECFA
border
#CBC7D3
text
#0D0715
muted
#7D7A83

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#3E38C4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva