#3A42C5
A medium, moderate blue closely aligning with Slateblue.
About #3A42C5
The hex code #3A42C5 represents a beautifully specific shade of blue. It is closely associated with the named CSS color Slateblue. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 58, 66, and 197.
When sending designs containing this color to a printer, the CMYK values come into play. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 71% cyan and 66% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 236.5 degrees, it sits comfortably in the blue spectrum.
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. The calculated luminance score dictates that #FFFFFF typography is the safest choice. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.