#3C42AE#3C42AE

#3C42AE is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.169 H 274.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C42AE
RGB	rgb(60, 66, 174)
HSL	hsl(237, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(237, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 62.1%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.80, 32.28, -58.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.80, 66.83, 298.89°)
OKLab	oklab(44.23% 0.0138 -0.1686)
OKLCH	oklch(44.23% 0.169 274.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.4492, 7.9121, 40.9600)
Luminance	0.0791 (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

#3C42AE #AEA83C

analogous

#3C7BAE #3C42AE #6F3CAE

triadic

#3C42AE #AE3C42 #42AE3C

tetradic

#3C42AE #AE3C7B #AEA83C #3CAE6F

square

#3C42AE #AE3C7B #AEA83C #3CAE6F

split-complementary

#3C42AE #AE6F3C #7BAE3C

monochromatic

#1D1F53 #2C3180 #3C42AE #5F65C8 #8D91D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.13

#3C42AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#3C42AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C42AE

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C42AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C42AE	1.00	8.13	2.58	8.13
#FFFFFF	8.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0055B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005D71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c42ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 66, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.169 274.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f76c7',
    500: '#3c42ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c42ae;
$custom-light: #7f76c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c42ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.842,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44231,
    "c": 0.16917,
    "h": 274.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C42AE

secondary

#C2BF83

accent

#D150D8

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#EFEDF8

border

#CAC8D1

text

#0B0813

muted

#7C7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C42AE

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

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