#3A42AE#3A42AE

#3A42AE is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.170 H 273.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A42AE
RGB	rgb(58, 66, 174)
HSL	hsl(236, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(236, 67%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 62.1%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.67, 31.98, -58.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.67, 66.87, 298.57°)
OKLab	oklab(44.1% 0.0115 -0.1693)
OKLCH	oklch(44.1% 0.17 273.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.3306, 7.8510, 40.9545)
Luminance	0.0785 (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

#3A42AE #AEA63A

analogous

#3A7CAE #3A42AE #6C3AAE

triadic

#3A42AE #AE3A42 #42AE3A

tetradic

#3A42AE #AE3A7C #AEA63A #3AAE6C

square

#3A42AE #AE3A7C #AEA63A #3AAE6C

split-complementary

#3A42AE #AE6C3A #7CAE3A

monochromatic

#1B1F52 #2B3180 #3A42AE #5C64C9 #8A90D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.17

#3A42AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#3A42AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3A42AE

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A42AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3A42AE	1.00	8.17	2.57	8.17
#FFFFFF	8.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0054B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005D71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a42ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 66, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.170 273.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e76c7',
    500: '#3a42ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a42ae;
$custom-light: #7e76c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a42ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.862,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44103,
    "c": 0.16969,
    "h": 273.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A42AE

secondary

#C2BE81

accent

#D04EDA

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#EFEDF8

border

#CAC8D1

text

#0B0813

muted

#7C7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A42AE

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

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