#3E45A5#3E45A5

#3E45A5 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.152 H 275.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E45A5
RGB	rgb(62, 69, 165)
HSL	hsl(236, 45%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(236, 62%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 58.2%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.97, 27.54, -52.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.97, 59.59, 297.53°)
OKLab	oklab(44.17% 0.0136 -0.1519)
OKLCH	oklch(44.17% 0.152 275.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.9040, 7.9961, 36.5588)
Luminance	0.0800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E45A5 #A59E3E

analogous

#3E79A5 #3E45A5 #6A3EA5

triadic

#3E45A5 #A53E45 #45A53E

tetradic

#3E45A5 #A53E79 #A59E3E #3EA56A

square

#3E45A5 #A53E79 #A59E3E #3EA56A

split-complementary

#3E45A5 #A56A3E #79A53E

monochromatic

#1D204C #2D3279 #3E45A5 #5E65C2 #8A8FD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.08

#3E45A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#3E45A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E45A5

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E45A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E45A5	1.00	8.08	2.60	8.08
#FFFFFF	8.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0054A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C6E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e45a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 69, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.152 275.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e78c0',
    500: '#3e45a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e45a5;
$custom-light: #7e78c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e45a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.922,
    "s": 45.374,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44174,
    "c": 0.15247,
    "h": 275.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E45A5

secondary

#BEBA81

accent

#CC53D5

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#EFEDF7

border

#CAC8D0

text

#0B0912

muted

#7C7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E45A5

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

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