#3C42CE#3C42CE

#3C42CE is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 47.1% C 0.211 H 273.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C42CE
RGB	rgb(60, 66, 206)
HSL	hsl(238, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(238, 71%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 68%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.58, 43.26, -72.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.58, 84.65, 300.74°)
OKLab	oklab(47.11% 0.0112 -0.2103)
OKLCH	oklch(47.11% 0.211 273)
XYZ	xyz(14.9485, 9.3118, 59.3901)
Luminance	0.0931 (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

#3C42CE #CEC83C

analogous

#3C8BCE #3C42CE #7F3CCE

triadic

#3C42CE #CE3C42 #42CE3C

tetradic

#3C42CE #CE3C8B #CEC83C #3CCE7F

square

#3C42CE #CE3C8B #CEC83C #3CCE7F

split-complementary

#3C42CE #CE7F3C #8BCE3C

monochromatic

#1D2073 #292EA4 #3C42CE #6D71DA #9EA1E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.34

#3C42CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#3C42CE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C42CE

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C42CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C42CE	1.00	7.34	2.86	7.34
#FFFFFF	7.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004FCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006883

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c42ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 66, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.1% 0.211 273.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8677de',
    500: '#3c42ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c42ce;
$custom-light: #8677de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c42ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.534,
    "s": 59.836,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47113,
    "c": 0.21064,
    "h": 273
  },
  "luminance": 0.09313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C42CE

secondary

#D3D093

accent

#DC45E3

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F1EDFB

border

#CBC8D4

text

#0D0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C42CE

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

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