#3A42C3#3A42C3

#3A42C3 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.087; OKLCH L 46.0% C 0.197 H 272.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A42C3
RGB	rgb(58, 66, 195)
HSL	hsl(236, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(236, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 66.2%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.47, 39.29, -68.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.47, 78.69, 299.95°)
OKLab	oklab(45.97% 0.0101 -0.197)
OKLCH	oklch(45.97% 0.197 272.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.5402, 8.7348, 52.5916)
Luminance	0.0874 (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

#3A42C3 #C3BB3A

analogous

#3A87C3 #3A42C3 #763AC3

triadic

#3A42C3 #C33A42 #42C33A

tetradic

#3A42C3 #C33A87 #C3BB3A #3AC376

square

#3A42C3 #C33A87 #C3BB3A #3AC376

split-complementary

#3A42C3 #C3763A #87C33A

monochromatic

#1E2265 #2C3294 #3A42C3 #686ED2 #979CE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.64

#3A42C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.75

#3A42C3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3A42C3

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A42C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3A42C3	1.00	7.64	2.75	7.64
#FFFFFF	7.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005AC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00647D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a42c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 66, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.0% 0.197 272.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8377d6',
    500: '#3a42c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a42c3;
$custom-light: #8377d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a42c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.496,
    "s": 54.15,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45974,
    "c": 0.19726,
    "h": 272.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A42C3

secondary

#CCC88D

accent

#D54ADE

background

#F8F7FD

surface

#F0EDFA

border

#CBC8D3

text

#0C0814

muted

#7D7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A42C3

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

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