#3E42CC#3E42CC

#3E42CC is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 47.0% C 0.208 H 273.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E42CC
RGB	rgb(62, 66, 204)
HSL	hsl(238, 58%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(238, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 67.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.52, 42.82, -71.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.52, 83.51, 300.85°)
OKLab	oklab(47.04% 0.0137 -0.2072)
OKLCH	oklch(47.04% 0.208 273.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.8303, 9.2788, 58.1245)
Luminance	0.0928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue Blue

#2242C7

ΔE00 2.79

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E42CC #CCC83E

analogous

#3E89CC #3E42CC #813ECC

triadic

#3E42CC #CC3E42 #42CC3E

tetradic

#3E42CC #CC3E89 #CCC83E #3ECC81

square

#3E42CC #CC3E89 #CCC83E #3ECC81

split-complementary

#3E42CC #CC813E #89CC3E

monochromatic

#1E2072 #2B2EA2 #3E42CC #6E71D9 #9FA1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.35

#3E42CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#3E42CC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E42CC

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E42CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E42CC	1.00	7.35	2.86	7.35
#FFFFFF	7.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004FC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006782

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e42cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 66, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.0% 0.208 273.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8677dd',
    500: '#3e42cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e42cc;
$custom-light: #8677dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e42cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.31,
    "s": 58.197,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47044,
    "c": 0.20764,
    "h": 273.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E42CC

secondary

#D2D094

accent

#DD46E1

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F1EDFB

border

#CBC8D4

text

#0D0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E42CC

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

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