#3E38C5#3E38C5

#3E38C5 is a dark, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.210 H 275.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E38C5
RGB	rgb(62, 56, 197)
HSL	hsl(243, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(243, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 71.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.74, 46.34, -72.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.74, 85.78, 302.70°)
OKLab	oklab(44.85% 0.0208 -0.2086)
OKLCH	oklch(44.85% 0.21 275.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.4755, 7.8825, 53.6238)
Luminance	0.0788 (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

#3E38C5 #BFC538

analogous

#3879C5 #3E38C5 #8438C5

triadic

#3E38C5 #C53E38 #38C53E

tetradic

#3E38C5 #C53879 #BFC538 #38C584

square

#3E38C5 #C53879 #BFC538 #38C584

split-complementary

#3E38C5 #C58438 #79C538

monochromatic

#201D66 #2F2A95 #3E38C5 #6B67D4 #9996E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.15

#3E38C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#3E38C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E38C5

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E38C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E38C5	1.00	8.15	2.58	8.15
#FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e38c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 56, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.210 275.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8670d8',
    500: '#3e38c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e38c5;
$custom-light: #8670d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e38c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.553,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44849,
    "c": 0.20965,
    "h": 275.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E38C5

secondary

#CACD8C

accent

#DF49D9

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F1ECFB

border

#CBC7D4

text

#0D0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E38C5

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

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