#3E42D1#3E42D1

#3E42D1 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.214 H 273.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E42D1
RGB	rgb(62, 66, 209)
HSL	hsl(238, 62%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(238, 70%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 68.4%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.97, 44.49, -73.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.97, 86.21, 301.07°)
OKLab	oklab(47.51% 0.0131 -0.2135)
OKLCH	oklch(47.51% 0.214 273.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.4396, 9.5225, 61.3336)
Luminance	0.0952 (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

#3E42D1 #D1CD3E

analogous

#3E8CD1 #3E42D1 #833ED1

triadic

#3E42D1 #D13E42 #42D13E

tetradic

#3E42D1 #D13E8C #D1CD3E #3ED183

square

#3E42D1 #D13E8C #D1CD3E #3ED183

split-complementary

#3E42D1 #D1833E #8CD13E

monochromatic

#1D1F78 #282CA9 #3E42D1 #6F72DD #A1A3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.23

#3E42D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#3E42D1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E42D1

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E42D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E42D1	1.00	7.23	2.90	7.23
#FFFFFF	7.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005ED5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0050CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006984

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e42d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 66, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.214 273.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8777e0',
    500: '#3e42d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e42d1;
$custom-light: #8777e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e42d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.367,
    "s": 61.506,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47512,
    "c": 0.21387,
    "h": 273.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E42D1

secondary

#D5D396

accent

#E043E5

background

#F9F7FD

surface

#F1EDFB

border

#CBC8D4

text

#0D0915

muted

#7E7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E42D1

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

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