#3C429E#3C429E

#3C429E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.147 H 275.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C429E
RGB	rgb(60, 66, 158)
HSL	hsl(236, 45%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(236, 62%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 58.2%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.54, 26.69, -50.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.54, 57.54, 297.64°)
OKLab	oklab(42.9% 0.0141 -0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(42.9% 0.147 275.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.9812, 7.3249, 33.2290)
Luminance	0.0733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C429E #9E983C

analogous

#3C739E #3C429E #673C9E

triadic

#3C429E #9E3C42 #429E3C

tetradic

#3C429E #9E3C73 #9E983C #3C9E67

square

#3C429E #9E3C73 #9E983C #3C9E67

split-complementary

#3C429E #9E673C #739E3C

monochromatic

#1A1D45 #2B2F72 #3C429E #585EBF #8489D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.52

#3C429E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#3C429E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C429E

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C429E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C429E	1.00	8.52	2.47	8.52
#FFFFFF	8.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00489C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005869

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c429e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 66, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.147 275.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c76bb',
    500: '#3c429e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c429e;
$custom-light: #7c76bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c429e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.327,
    "s": 44.954,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.429,
    "c": 0.14711,
    "h": 275.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C429E

secondary

#BAB77B

accent

#CD53D5

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#EFEDF6

border

#CAC8D0

text

#0A0812

muted

#7C7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C429E

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

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