#3E499B#3E499B

#3E499B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.133 H 273.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E499B
RGB	rgb(62, 73, 155)
HSL	hsl(233, 43%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(233, 60%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 52.9%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.30, 21.43, -46.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.30, 51.01, 294.84°)
OKLab	oklab(44.19% 0.0091 -0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(44.19% 0.133 273.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.2836, 8.1550, 32.0361)
Luminance	0.0816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E499B #9B903E

analogous

#3E789B #3E499B #613E9B

triadic

#3E499B #9B3E49 #499B3E

tetradic

#3E499B #9B3E78 #9B903E #3E9B61

square

#3E499B #9B3E78 #9B903E #3E9B61

split-complementary

#3E499B #9B613E #789B3E

monochromatic

#1B2044 #2D346F #3E499B #5965BD #858ECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.98

#3E499B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.63

#3E499B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E499B

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E499B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E499B	1.00	7.98	2.63	7.98
#FFFFFF	7.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A559E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#014D99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e499b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 73, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.133 273.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c7bb9',
    500: '#3e499b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e499b;
$custom-light: #7c7bb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e499b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.903,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4419,
    "c": 0.13285,
    "h": 273.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E499B

secondary

#B9B17C

accent

#C455D3

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEDF6

border

#C9C8D0

text

#0A0911

muted

#7C7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E499B

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

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