#3E40CE#3E40CE

#3E40CE is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 46.9% C 0.212 H 274.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#3E40CE
RGBrgb(62, 64, 206)
HSLhsl(239, 60%, 53%)
HSVhsv(239, 70%, 81%)
CMYKcmyk(69.9%, 68.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LABlab(36.26, 44.67, -73.27)
CIE-LCHlch(36.26, 85.81, 301.37°)
OKLaboklab(46.92% 0.0147 -0.2118)
OKLCHoklch(46.92% 0.212 274)
XYZxyz(14.9569, 9.1457, 59.3576)
Luminance0.0915 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#3E40CE #CECC3E
analogous
#3E88CE #3E40CE #843ECE
triadic
#3E40CE #CE3E40 #40CE3E
tetradic
#3E40CE #CE3E88 #CECC3E #3ECE84
square
#3E40CE #CE3E88 #CECC3E #3ECE84
split-complementary
#3E40CE #CE843E #88CE3E
monochromatic
#1D1F74 #2A2CA5 #3E40CE #6F70DA #A0A1E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.42
#3E40CE on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.83
#3E40CE on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E40CE
7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##3E40CE#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##3E40CE1.007.422.837.42
#FFFFFF7.421.0021.001.00
#0000002.8321.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF7.421.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#005CD2
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#004FCB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#006782
Achromatopsia (no color)
#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #3e40ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 64, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.9% 0.212 274.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8776de',
    500: '#3e40ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #3e40ce;
$custom-light: #8776de;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#3e40ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 239.167,
    "s": 59.504,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46918,
    "c": 0.2123,
    "h": 274
  },
  "luminance": 0.09147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#3E40CE
secondary
#D3D295
accent
#E045E3
background
#F9F7FD
surface
#F1EDFB
border
#CBC8D4
text
#0D0815
muted
#7E7B83

Preview Lab

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#3E40CE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva