#3E499F#3E499F

#3E499F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.139 H 273.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E499F
RGB	rgb(62, 73, 159)
HSL	hsl(233, 44%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(233, 61%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 54.1%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.58, 22.83, -48.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.58, 53.38, 295.32°)
OKLab	oklab(44.49% 0.0094 -0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(44.49% 0.139 273.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.6251, 8.2916, 33.8347)
Luminance	0.0829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E499F #9F943E

analogous

#3E799F #3E499F #633E9F

triadic

#3E499F #9F3E49 #499F3E

tetradic

#3E499F #9F3E79 #9F943E #3E9F63

square

#3E499F #9F3E79 #9F943E #3E9F63

split-complementary

#3E499F #9F633E #799F3E

monochromatic

#1C2147 #2D3573 #3E499F #5B66BF #878FD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.90

#3E499F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.66

#3E499F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E499F

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E499F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E499F	1.00	7.90	2.66	7.90
#FFFFFF	7.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1356A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004D9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005D6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e499f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 73, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.139 273.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d7bbc',
    500: '#3e499f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e499f;
$custom-light: #7d7bbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e499f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.196,
    "s": 43.891,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44489,
    "c": 0.13864,
    "h": 273.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E499F

secondary

#BBB47E

accent

#C554D4

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#EFEDF6

border

#CAC8D0

text

#0A0912

muted

#7C7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E499F

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

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