#3C40C4#3C40C4

#3C40C4 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.200 H 273.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C40C4
RGB	rgb(60, 64, 196)
HSL	hsl(238, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(238, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 67.3%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.23, 41.09, -69.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.23, 80.44, 300.71°)
OKLab	oklab(45.86% 0.0136 -0.1998)
OKLCH	oklch(45.86% 0.2 273.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.6574, 8.6117, 53.1563)
Luminance	0.0861 (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

#3C40C4 #C4C03C

analogous

#3C84C4 #3C40C4 #7C3CC4

triadic

#3C40C4 #C43C40 #40C43C

tetradic

#3C40C4 #C43C84 #C4C03C #3CC47C

square

#3C40C4 #C43C84 #C4C03C #3CC47C

split-complementary

#3C40C4 #C47C3C #84C43C

monochromatic

#1F2167 #2D3096 #3C40C4 #6B6ED2 #9A9CE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.71

#3C40C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.72

#3C40C4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C40C4

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C40C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C40C4	1.00	7.71	2.72	7.71
#FFFFFF	7.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0059C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004DC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00637D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c40c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 64, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.200 273.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8475d7',
    500: '#3c40c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c40c4;
$custom-light: #8475d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c40c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.235,
    "s": 53.543,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45857,
    "c": 0.20029,
    "h": 273.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C40C4

secondary

#CCCB90

accent

#D94BDD

background

#F8F7FD

surface

#F0EDFA

border

#CBC8D3

text

#0C0815

muted

#7D7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C40C4

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

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