#3E42DD#3E42DD

#3E42DD is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.229 H 272.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E42DD
RGB	rgb(62, 66, 221)
HSL	hsl(238, 70%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(238, 72%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 70.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.09, 48.46, -78.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.09, 92.60, 301.56°)
OKLab	oklab(48.66% 0.0115 -0.2282)
OKLCH	oklch(48.66% 0.229 272.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.9816, 10.1393, 69.4547)
Luminance	0.1014 (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

#3E42DD #DDD93E

analogous

#3E91DD #3E42DD #8A3EDD

triadic

#3E42DD #DD3E42 #42DD3E

tetradic

#3E42DD #DD3E91 #DDD93E #3EDD8A

square

#3E42DD #DD3E91 #DDD93E #3EDD8A

split-complementary

#3E42DD #DD8A3E #91DD3E

monochromatic

#181B89 #2125BD #3E42DD #7275E6 #A6A8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.93

#3E42DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.03

#3E42DD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E42DD

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E42DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E42DD	1.00	6.93	3.03	6.93
#FFFFFF	6.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0052DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006D8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e42dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 66, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.229 272.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a77e9',
    500: '#3e42dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e42dd;
$custom-light: #8a77e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e42dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.491,
    "s": 70.044,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48657,
    "c": 0.22853,
    "h": 272.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E42DD

secondary

#DDDB9A

accent

#E83BED

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EDFD

border

#CCC8D5

text

#0E0916

muted

#7E7B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E42DD

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

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