#3E38C9#3E38C9

#3E38C9 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 45.2% C 0.215 H 275.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E38C9
RGB	rgb(62, 56, 201)
HSL	hsl(242, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(242, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 72.1%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.12, 47.63, -73.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.12, 87.91, 302.81°)
OKLab	oklab(45.24% 0.0201 -0.2136)
OKLCH	oklch(45.24% 0.215 275.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.9399, 8.0682, 56.0697)
Luminance	0.0807 (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

#3E38C9 #C3C938

analogous

#387AC9 #3E38C9 #8738C9

triadic

#3E38C9 #C93E38 #38C93E

tetradic

#3E38C9 #C9387A #C3C938 #38C987

square

#3E38C9 #C9387A #C3C938 #38C987

split-complementary

#3E38C9 #C98738 #7AC938

monochromatic

#201D6A #2E2A9A #3E38C9 #6D68D6 #9B98E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.03

#3E38C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.61

#3E38C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E38C9

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E38C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E38C9	1.00	8.03	2.61	8.03
#FFFFFF	8.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00617D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e38c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 56, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.2% 0.215 275.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8670db',
    500: '#3e38c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e38c9;
$custom-light: #8670db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e38c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.483,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45242,
    "c": 0.21452,
    "h": 275.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E38C9

secondary

#CCCF8E

accent

#E147DA

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F1ECFB

border

#CBC7D4

text

#0D0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E38C9

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

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