#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
RGB	rgb(62, 56, 196)
HSL	hsl(243, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(243, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 71.4%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.64, 46.01, -71.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.64, 85.25, 302.67°)
OKLab	oklab(44.75% 0.021 -0.2074)
OKLCH	oklch(44.75% 0.208 275.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.3613, 7.8368, 53.0224)
Luminance	0.0784 (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

#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
##3E38C4	1.00	8.18	2.57	8.18
#FFFFFF	8.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E38C4

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

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