#3E38D1#3E38D1

#3E38D1 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 46.0% C 0.224 H 274.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E38D1
RGB	rgb(62, 56, 209)
HSL	hsl(242, 62%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(242, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 73.2%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.91, 50.18, -77.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.91, 92.11, 303.01°)
OKLab	oklab(46.04% 0.0187 -0.2233)
OKLCH	oklch(46.04% 0.224 274.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.9056, 8.4545, 61.1556)
Luminance	0.0846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 2.71

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E38D1 #CBD138

analogous

#387FD1 #3E38D1 #8B38D1

triadic

#3E38D1 #D13E38 #38D13E

tetradic

#3E38D1 #D1387F #CBD138 #38D18B

square

#3E38D1 #D1387F #CBD138 #38D18B

split-complementary

#3E38D1 #D18B38 #7FD138

monochromatic

#1E1B74 #2B26A6 #3E38D1 #6E6ADC #9E9BE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.80

#3E38D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.69

#3E38D1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E38D1

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E38D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E38D1	1.00	7.80	2.69	7.80
#FFFFFF	7.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0059D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006481

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e38d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 56, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.0% 0.224 274.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8871e0',
    500: '#3e38d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e38d1;
$custom-light: #8871e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e38d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.353,
    "s": 62.449,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46038,
    "c": 0.22411,
    "h": 274.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E38D1

secondary

#D1D491

accent

#E642DF

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F1ECFB

border

#CBC7D4

text

#0D0815

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E38D1

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

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