#3E56C5#3E56C5

#3E56C5 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.175 H 269.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E56C5
RGB	rgb(62, 86, 197)
HSL	hsl(229, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(229, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 56.3%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.75, 27.90, -60.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.75, 66.82, 294.68°)
OKLab	oklab(49.99% -0.0008 -0.1748)
OKLCH	oklch(49.99% 0.175 269.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.3890, 11.7094, 54.2616)
Luminance	0.1171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E56C5 #C5AD3E

analogous

#3E9AC5 #3E56C5 #693EC5

triadic

#3E56C5 #C53E56 #56C53E

tetradic

#3E56C5 #C53E9A #C5AD3E #3EC569

square

#3E56C5 #C53E9A #C5AD3E #3EC569

split-complementary

#3E56C5 #C5693E #9AC53E

monochromatic

#202D69 #2E4198 #3E56C5 #6D7FD3 #9CA8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.28

#3E56C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#3E56C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3E56C5

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E56C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3E56C5	1.00	6.28	3.34	6.28
#FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005AC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007185

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e56c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 86, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.175 269.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8385d7',
    500: '#3e56c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e56c5;
$custom-light: #8385d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e56c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.333,
    "s": 53.785,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49986,
    "c": 0.17483,
    "h": 269.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E56C5

secondary

#CDC391

accent

#C34BDD

background

#F8F8FD

surface

#F0EFFA

border

#CBCAD3

text

#0C0B14

muted

#7D7C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E56C5

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

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