#3C42E2#3C42E2

#3C42E2 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.235 H 272.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C42E2
RGB	rgb(60, 66, 226)
HSL	hsl(238, 74%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(238, 73%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 70.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.46, 49.91, -81.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.46, 95.28, 301.59°)
OKLab	oklab(49.03% 0.0086 -0.2349)
OKLCH	oklch(49.03% 0.235 272.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.5345, 10.3462, 73.0097)
Luminance	0.1035 (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

#3C42E2 #E2DC3C

analogous

#3C95E2 #3C42E2 #893CE2

triadic

#3C42E2 #E23C42 #42E23C

tetradic

#3C42E2 #E23C95 #E2DC3C #3CE289

square

#3C42E2 #E23C95 #E2DC3C #3CE289

split-complementary

#3C42E2 #E2893C #95E23C

monochromatic

#151A8E #1D23C4 #3C42E2 #7176EA #A7A9F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.84

#3C42E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.07

#3C42E2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C42E2

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C42E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C42E2	1.00	6.84	3.07	6.84
#FFFFFF	6.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0052DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006F8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c42e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 66, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.235 272.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a78ec',
    500: '#3c42e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c42e2;
$custom-light: #8a78ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c42e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.831,
    "s": 74.107,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49032,
    "c": 0.23503,
    "h": 272.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C42E2

secondary

#DFDD9B

accent

#EA37F1

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFD

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0916

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C42E2

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

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