#3E42CD#3E42CD

#3E42CD is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 47.1% C 0.209 H 273.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E42CD
RGB	rgb(62, 66, 205)
HSL	hsl(238, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(238, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.8%, 67.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.61, 43.15, -72.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.61, 84.05, 300.89°)
OKLab	oklab(47.14% 0.0135 -0.2084)
OKLCH	oklch(47.14% 0.209 273.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.9506, 9.3269, 58.7581)
Luminance	0.0933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue Blue

#2242C7

ΔE00 2.85

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E42CD #CDC93E

analogous

#3E89CD #3E42CD #823ECD

triadic

#3E42CD #CD3E42 #42CD3E

tetradic

#3E42CD #CD3E89 #CDC93E #3ECD82

square

#3E42CD #CD3E89 #CDC93E #3ECD82

split-complementary

#3E42CD #CD823E #89CD3E

monochromatic

#1E2073 #2A2EA3 #3E42CD #6F72DA #9FA1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.33

#3E42CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.87

#3E42CD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E42CD

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E42CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E42CD	1.00	7.33	2.87	7.33
#FFFFFF	7.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004FCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006882

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e42cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 66, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.1% 0.209 273.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8677dd',
    500: '#3e42cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e42cd;
$custom-light: #8677dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e42cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.322,
    "s": 58.848,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47137,
    "c": 0.20889,
    "h": 273.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E42CD

secondary

#D3D194

accent

#DE46E2

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F1EDFB

border

#CBC8D4

text

#0D0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E42CD

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

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