#3C42D5#3C42D5

#3C42D5 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.219 H 272.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C42D5
RGB	rgb(60, 66, 213)
HSL	hsl(238, 65%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(238, 72%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 69%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.22, 45.61, -75.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.22, 88.41, 301.06°)
OKLab	oklab(47.78% 0.0103 -0.219)
OKLCH	oklch(47.78% 0.219 272.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.8179, 9.6596, 63.9688)
Luminance	0.0966 (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

#3C42D5 #D5CF3C

analogous

#3C8ED5 #3C42D5 #823CD5

triadic

#3C42D5 #D53C42 #42D53C

tetradic

#3C42D5 #D53C8E #D5CF3C #3CD582

square

#3C42D5 #D53C8E #D5CF3C #3CD582

split-complementary

#3C42D5 #D5823C #8ED53C

monochromatic

#1B1F7C #262BAE #3C42D5 #6E73E0 #A1A4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.16

#3C42D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#3C42D5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C42D5

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C42D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C42D5	1.00	7.16	2.93	7.16
#FFFFFF	7.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0050D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006A86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c42d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 66, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.219 272.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8777e3',
    500: '#3c42d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c42d5;
$custom-light: #8777e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c42d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.647,
    "s": 64.557,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47776,
    "c": 0.21929,
    "h": 272.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C42D5

secondary

#D7D596

accent

#E140E8

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F1EDFC

border

#CBC8D5

text

#0D0916

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C42D5

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

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