#3530BC#3530BC

#3530BC is a dark, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.209 H 274.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3530BC
RGB	rgb(53, 48, 188)
HSL	hsl(242, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(242, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 74.5%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.64, 46.97, -72.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.64, 85.98, 303.11°)
OKLab	oklab(42.22% 0.0157 -0.2083)
OKLCH	oklch(42.22% 0.209 274.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.5992, 6.5005, 48.2106)
Luminance	0.0650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Sapphire (survey)

#2138AB

ΔE00 4.24

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3530BC #B7BC30

analogous

#3071BC #3530BC #7B30BC

triadic

#3530BC #BC3530 #30BC35

tetradic

#3530BC #BC3071 #B7BC30 #30BC7B

square

#3530BC #BC3071 #B7BC30 #30BC7B

split-complementary

#3530BC #BC7B30 #71BC30

monochromatic

#1A175A #27248B #3530BC #5A55D4 #8986E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.13

#3530BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#3530BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3530BC

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3530BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3530BC	1.00	9.13	2.30	9.13
#FFFFFF	9.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005974

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3530bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 48, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.209 274.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816ad1',
    500: '#3530bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3530bc;
$custom-light: #816ad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3530bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.143,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42222,
    "c": 0.20889,
    "h": 274.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3530BC

secondary

#C7CA7E

accent

#E345DD

background

#F8F6FD

surface

#F0EBFA

border

#CBC6D3

text

#0C0714

muted

#7D7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3530BC

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

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