#3E38D9#3E38D9

#3E38D9 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 46.8% C 0.234 H 274.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E38D9
RGB	rgb(62, 56, 217)
HSL	hsl(242, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(242, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 74.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.71, 52.71, -80.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.71, 96.25, 303.21°)
OKLab	oklab(46.85% 0.0172 -0.2329)
OKLCH	oklch(46.85% 0.234 274.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.9210, 8.8607, 66.5034)
Luminance	0.0886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 2.85

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E38D9 #D3D938

analogous

#3882D9 #3E38D9 #8E38D9

triadic

#3E38D9 #D93E38 #38D93E

tetradic

#3E38D9 #D93882 #D3D938 #38D98E

square

#3E38D9 #D93882 #D3D938 #38D98E

split-complementary

#3E38D9 #D98E38 #82D938

monochromatic

#1C187E #2722B2 #3E38D9 #706BE3 #A29FED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.57

#3E38D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.77

#3E38D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E38D9

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E38D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E38D9	1.00	7.57	2.77	7.57
#FFFFFF	7.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005BDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006786

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e38d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 56, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.8% 0.234 274.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a71e6',
    500: '#3e38d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e38d9;
$custom-light: #8a71e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e38d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.236,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46846,
    "c": 0.23355,
    "h": 274.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E38D9

secondary

#D6D994

accent

#EB3DE4

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFD

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0816

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E38D9

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

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