#3C40CE#3C40CE

#3C40CE is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 46.8% C 0.213 H 273.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#3C40CE
RGBrgb(60, 64, 206)
HSLhsl(238, 60%, 52%)
HSVhsv(238, 71%, 81%)
CMYKcmyk(70.9%, 68.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LABlab(36.14, 44.45, -73.48)
CIE-LCHlch(36.14, 85.87, 301.17°)
OKLaboklab(46.8% 0.0124 -0.2124)
OKLCHoklch(46.8% 0.213 273.3)
XYZxyz(14.8337, 9.0822, 59.3518)
Luminance0.0908 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#3C40CE #CECA3C
analogous
#3C89CE #3C40CE #813CCE
triadic
#3C40CE #CE3C40 #40CE3C
tetradic
#3C40CE #CE3C89 #CECA3C #3CCE81
square
#3C40CE #CE3C89 #CECA3C #3CCE81
split-complementary
#3C40CE #CE813C #89CE3C
monochromatic
#1D1F73 #292CA4 #3C40CE #6D70DA #9EA0E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.46
#3C40CE on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.82
#3C40CE on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C40CE
7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##3C40CE#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##3C40CE1.007.462.827.46
#FFFFFF7.461.0021.001.00
#0000002.8221.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF7.461.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#005CD2
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#004ECB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#006782
Achromatopsia (no color)
#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #3c40ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 64, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.8% 0.213 273.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8676de',
    500: '#3c40ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #3c40ce;
$custom-light: #8676de;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#3c40ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.356,
    "s": 59.836,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46798,
    "c": 0.2128,
    "h": 273.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#3C40CE
secondary
#D3D193
accent
#DF45E3
background
#F9F7FD
surface
#F1EDFB
border
#CBC8D4
text
#0D0815
muted
#7E7B83

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#3C40CE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva