#3E42CE#3E42CE

#3E42CE is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.2% C 0.210 H 273.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E42CE
RGB	rgb(62, 66, 206)
HSL	hsl(238, 60%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(238, 70%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 68%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.70, 43.49, -72.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.70, 84.59, 300.94°)
OKLab	oklab(47.23% 0.0134 -0.2097)
OKLCH	oklch(47.23% 0.21 273.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.0717, 9.3753, 59.3959)
Luminance	0.0938 (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

#3E42CE #CECA3E

analogous

#3E8ACE #3E42CE #823ECE

triadic

#3E42CE #CE3E42 #42CE3E

tetradic

#3E42CE #CE3E8A #CECA3E #3ECE82

square

#3E42CE #CE3E8A #CECA3E #3ECE82

split-complementary

#3E42CE #CE823E #8ACE3E

monochromatic

#1D2074 #2A2DA5 #3E42CE #6F72DA #A0A2E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.30

#3E42CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#3E42CE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E42CE

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E42CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E42CE	1.00	7.30	2.88	7.30
#FFFFFF	7.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0050CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006883

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e42ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 66, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.2% 0.210 273.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8777de',
    500: '#3e42ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e42ce;
$custom-light: #8777de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e42ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.333,
    "s": 59.504,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47231,
    "c": 0.21014,
    "h": 273.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E42CE

secondary

#D3D195

accent

#DE45E3

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F1EDFB

border

#CBC8D4

text

#0D0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E42CE

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

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