#3E36C2#3E36C2

#3E36C2 is a dark, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.208 H 276.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E36C2
RGB	rgb(62, 54, 194)
HSL	hsl(243, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(243, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 72.2%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.04, 46.50, -71.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.04, 85.35, 303.01°)
OKLab	oklab(44.27% 0.0225 -0.2068)
OKLCH	oklch(44.27% 0.208 276.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.0402, 7.5563, 51.7998)
Luminance	0.0756 (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

#3E36C2 #BAC236

analogous

#3674C2 #3E36C2 #8436C2

triadic

#3E36C2 #C23E36 #36C23E

tetradic

#3E36C2 #C23674 #BAC236 #36C284

square

#3E36C2 #C23674 #BAC236 #36C284

split-complementary

#3E36C2 #C28436 #74C236

monochromatic

#1F1B62 #2F2992 #3E36C2 #6862D3 #9692E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.36

#3E36C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#3E36C2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E36C2

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E36C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E36C2	1.00	8.36	2.51	8.36
#FFFFFF	8.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0054C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0047BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005D79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e36c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 54, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.208 276.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856fd6',
    500: '#3e36c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e36c2;
$custom-light: #856fd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e36c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.429,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44265,
    "c": 0.20804,
    "h": 276.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E36C2

secondary

#C8CC88

accent

#E048D7

background

#F8F6FD

surface

#F0ECFA

border

#CBC7D3

text

#0D0714

muted

#7D7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E36C2

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

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