#3526B4#3526B4

#3526B4 is a dark, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.209 H 276.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3526B4
RGB	rgb(53, 38, 180)
HSL	hsl(246, 65%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(246, 79%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.6%, 78.9%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.95, 49.70, -71.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.95, 87.26, 304.72°)
OKLab	oklab(40.08% 0.0222 -0.2073)
OKLCH	oklch(40.08% 0.209 276.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.3968, 5.4374, 43.6728)
Luminance	0.0544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3526B4 #A5B426

analogous

#265EB4 #3526B4 #7C26B4

triadic

#3526B4 #B43526 #26B435

tetradic

#3526B4 #B4265E #A5B426 #26B47C

square

#3526B4 #B4265E #A5B426 #26B47C

split-complementary

#3526B4 #B47C26 #5EB426

monochromatic

#17114F #261B81 #3526B4 #5040D7 #7F73E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.06

#3526B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#3526B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3526B4

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3526B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3526B4	1.00	10.06	2.09	10.06
#FFFFFF	10.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003CB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00516D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3526b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 38, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.209 276.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8064cc',
    500: '#3526b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3526b4;
$custom-light: #8064cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3526b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.338,
    "s": 65.138,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40075,
    "c": 0.20853,
    "h": 276.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3526B4

secondary

#BFC96D

accent

#E840D6

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0C0614

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3526B4

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

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