#3E42CA#3E42CA

#3E42CA is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 46.9% C 0.205 H 273.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#3E42CA
RGBrgb(62, 66, 202)
HSLhsl(238, 57%, 52%)
HSVhsv(238, 69%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(69.3%, 67.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LABlab(36.34, 42.15, -70.83)
CIE-LCHlch(36.34, 82.42, 300.75°)
OKLaboklab(46.86% 0.0139 -0.2047)
OKLCHoklch(46.86% 0.205 273.9)
XYZxyz(14.5919, 9.1834, 56.8692)
Luminance0.0919 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#3E42CA #CAC63E
analogous
#3E88CA #3E42CA #803ECA
triadic
#3E42CA #CA3E42 #42CA3E
tetradic
#3E42CA #CA3E88 #CAC63E #3ECA80
square
#3E42CA #CA3E88 #CAC63E #3ECA80
split-complementary
#3E42CA #CA803E #88CA3E
monochromatic
#1F216F #2C2F9F #3E42CA #6E71D7 #9EA0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.40
#3E42CA on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84
#3E42CA on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E42CA
7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##3E42CA#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##3E42CA1.007.402.847.40
#FFFFFF7.401.0021.001.00
#0000002.8421.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF7.401.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#005CCE
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#004FC7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#006680
Achromatopsia (no color)
#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #3e42ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 66, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.9% 0.205 273.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8677db',
    500: '#3e42ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #3e42ca;
$custom-light: #8677db;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#3e42ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.286,
    "s": 56.911,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46859,
    "c": 0.20513,
    "h": 273.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#3E42CA
secondary
#D1CF93
accent
#DC48E0
background
#F9F7FD
surface
#F1EDFB
border
#CBC8D4
text
#0D0915
muted
#7E7B83

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#3E42CA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva