#3C42D3#3C42D3

#3C42D3 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.217 H 272.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C42D3
RGB	rgb(60, 66, 211)
HSL	hsl(238, 63%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(238, 72%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 68.7%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.04, 44.94, -74.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.04, 87.34, 300.97°)
OKLab	oklab(47.59% 0.0106 -0.2166)
OKLCH	oklch(47.59% 0.217 272.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.5656, 9.5587, 62.6401)
Luminance	0.0956 (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

#3C42D3 #D3CD3C

analogous

#3C8DD3 #3C42D3 #813CD3

triadic

#3C42D3 #D33C42 #42D33C

tetradic

#3C42D3 #D33C8D #D3CD3C #3CD381

square

#3C42D3 #D33C8D #D3CD3C #3CD381

split-complementary

#3C42D3 #D3813C #8DD33C

monochromatic

#1B1F79 #272CAB #3C42D3 #6E72DE #A0A3EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.21

#3C42D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#3C42D3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C42D3

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C42D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C42D3	1.00	7.21	2.91	7.21
#FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005ED7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0050D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006A85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c42d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 66, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.217 272.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8777e2',
    500: '#3c42d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c42d3;
$custom-light: #8777e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c42d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.616,
    "s": 63.18,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47585,
    "c": 0.21684,
    "h": 272.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C42D3

secondary

#D6D395

accent

#E042E6

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F1EDFC

border

#CBC8D5

text

#0D0915

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C42D3

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

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