#3A42CD#3A42CD

#3A42CD is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 46.9% C 0.210 H 272.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A42CD
RGB	rgb(58, 66, 205)
HSL	hsl(237, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(237, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 67.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.37, 42.71, -72.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.37, 84.16, 300.49°)
OKLab	oklab(46.91% 0.0091 -0.2097)
OKLCH	oklch(46.91% 0.21 272.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.7089, 9.2023, 58.7468)
Luminance	0.0920 (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

#3A42CD #CDC53A

analogous

#3A8CCD #3A42CD #7C3ACD

triadic

#3A42CD #CD3A42 #42CD3A

tetradic

#3A42CD #CD3A8C #CDC53A #3ACD7C

square

#3A42CD #CD3A8C #CDC53A #3ACD7C

split-complementary

#3A42CD #CD7C3A #8CCD3A

monochromatic

#1C2170 #292FA1 #3A42CD #6B71D9 #9CA0E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.39

#3A42CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#3A42CD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3A42CD

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A42CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3A42CD	1.00	7.39	2.84	7.39
#FFFFFF	7.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004FCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006882

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a42cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 66, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.9% 0.210 272.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8577dd',
    500: '#3a42cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a42cd;
$custom-light: #8577dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a42cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.735,
    "s": 59.514,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46905,
    "c": 0.2099,
    "h": 272.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A42CD

secondary

#D2CE91

accent

#DA45E3

background

#F8F7FD

surface

#F0EDFB

border

#CBC8D4

text

#0D0915

muted

#7D7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A42CD

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

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