#3E38D4#3E38D4

#3E38D4 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 46.3% C 0.228 H 274.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E38D4
RGB	rgb(62, 56, 212)
HSL	hsl(242, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(242, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 73.6%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.21, 51.14, -78.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.21, 93.67, 303.09°)
OKLab	oklab(46.34% 0.0181 -0.2269)
OKLCH	oklch(46.34% 0.228 274.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.2805, 8.6045, 63.1301)
Luminance	0.0861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 2.72

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E38D4 #CED438

analogous

#3880D4 #3E38D4 #8C38D4

triadic

#3E38D4 #D43E38 #38D43E

tetradic

#3E38D4 #D43880 #CED438 #38D48C

square

#3E38D4 #D43880 #CED438 #38D48C

split-complementary

#3E38D4 #D48C38 #80D438

monochromatic

#1D1A78 #2A25AA #3E38D4 #6F6ADF #A09DEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.72

#3E38D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.72

#3E38D4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E38D4

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E38D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E38D4	1.00	7.72	2.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	7.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005AD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004BD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006583

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e38d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 56, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.3% 0.228 274.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8971e3',
    500: '#3e38d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e38d4;
$custom-light: #8971e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e38d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.308,
    "s": 64.463,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4634,
    "c": 0.22767,
    "h": 274.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E38D4

secondary

#D3D692

accent

#E740E1

background

#F9F6FE

surface

#F2ECFC

border

#CCC7D5

text

#0D0816

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E38D4

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

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