#3E4499#3E4499

#3E4499 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.137 H 276.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E4499
RGB	rgb(62, 68, 153)
HSL	hsl(236, 42%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(236, 59%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 55.6%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.83, 24.01, -47.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.83, 53.19, 296.83°)
OKLab	oklab(43.04% 0.0143 -0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(43.04% 0.137 276)
XYZ	xyz(9.8016, 7.4576, 31.0538)
Luminance	0.0746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E4499 #99933E

analogous

#3E7299 #3E4499 #663E99

triadic

#3E4499 #993E44 #44993E

tetradic

#3E4499 #993E72 #99933E #3E9966

square

#3E4499 #993E72 #99933E #3E9966

split-complementary

#3E4499 #99663E #72993E

monochromatic

#1B1D42 #2C316D #3E4499 #595FBC #8489CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.43

#3E4499 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#3E4499 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E4499

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E4499	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E4499	1.00	8.43	2.49	8.43
#FFFFFF	8.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0A519C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004997

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005867

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e4499;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 68, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.137 276.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c77b8',
    500: '#3e4499',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e4499;
$custom-light: #7c77b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e4499",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.044,
    "s": 42.326,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43036,
    "c": 0.1368,
    "h": 276
  },
  "luminance": 0.07458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E4499

secondary

#B8B47B

accent

#CA56D2

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEDF6

border

#C9C8D0

text

#0A0811

muted

#7C7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E4499

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

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