#3E38CA#3E38CA

#3E38CA is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 45.3% C 0.216 H 275.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E38CA
RGB	rgb(62, 56, 202)
HSL	hsl(242, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(242, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 72.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.22, 47.95, -74.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.22, 88.43, 302.83°)
OKLab	oklab(45.34% 0.0199 -0.2148)
OKLCH	oklch(45.34% 0.216 275.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.0579, 8.1154, 56.6912)
Luminance	0.0812 (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

#3E38CA #C4CA38

analogous

#387BCA #3E38CA #8738CA

triadic

#3E38CA #CA3E38 #38CA3E

tetradic

#3E38CA #CA387B #C4CA38 #38CA87

square

#3E38CA #CA387B #C4CA38 #38CA87

split-complementary

#3E38CA #CA8738 #7BCA38

monochromatic

#201D6B #2E299B #3E38CA #6D68D7 #9C99E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.00

#3E38CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.62

#3E38CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E38CA

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E38CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E38CA	1.00	8.00	2.62	8.00
#FFFFFF	8.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00617E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e38ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 56, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.3% 0.216 275.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8770db',
    500: '#3e38ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e38ca;
$custom-light: #8770db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e38ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.466,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45341,
    "c": 0.21572,
    "h": 275.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E38CA

secondary

#CDCF8E

accent

#E147DB

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F1ECFB

border

#CBC7D4

text

#0D0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E38CA

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

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