#3E38CC#3E38CC

#3E38CC is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.218 H 275.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E38CC
RGB	rgb(62, 56, 204)
HSL	hsl(242, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(242, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 72.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.42, 48.59, -75.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.42, 89.49, 302.89°)
OKLab	oklab(45.54% 0.0196 -0.2172)
OKLCH	oklch(45.54% 0.218 275.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.2963, 8.2108, 57.9465)
Luminance	0.0821 (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

#3E38CC #C6CC38

analogous

#387CCC #3E38CC #8838CC

triadic

#3E38CC #CC3E38 #38CC3E

tetradic

#3E38CC #CC387C #C6CC38 #38CC88

square

#3E38CC #CC387C #C6CC38 #38CC88

split-complementary

#3E38CC #CC8838 #7CCC38

monochromatic

#1F1C6E #2D299E #3E38CC #6D69D8 #9C99E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.95

#3E38CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.64

#3E38CC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E38CC

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E38CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E38CC	1.00	7.95	2.64	7.95
#FFFFFF	7.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0058D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00627F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e38cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 56, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.218 275.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8770dd',
    500: '#3e38cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e38cc;
$custom-light: #8770dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e38cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.432,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45539,
    "c": 0.21813,
    "h": 275.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E38CC

secondary

#CED18F

accent

#E245DC

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F1ECFB

border

#CBC7D4

text

#0D0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E38CC

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

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