#3530BD#3530BD

#3530BD is a dark, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.210 H 274.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3530BD
RGB	rgb(53, 48, 189)
HSL	hsl(242, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(242, 75%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 74.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.74, 47.29, -72.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.74, 86.51, 303.14°)
OKLab	oklab(42.33% 0.0155 -0.2095)
OKLCH	oklch(42.33% 0.21 274.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.7074, 6.5438, 48.7803)
Luminance	0.0654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Sapphire (survey)

#2138AB

ΔE00 4.32

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3530BD #B8BD30

analogous

#3072BD #3530BD #7C30BD

triadic

#3530BD #BD3530 #30BD35

tetradic

#3530BD #BD3072 #B8BD30 #30BD7C

square

#3530BD #BD3072 #B8BD30 #30BD7C

split-complementary

#3530BD #BD7C30 #72BD30

monochromatic

#1A175B #27248C #3530BD #5B56D4 #8A87E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.09

#3530BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#3530BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3530BD

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3530BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3530BD	1.00	9.09	2.31	9.09
#FFFFFF	9.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005974

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3530bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 48, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.210 274.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816ad2',
    500: '#3530bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3530bd;
$custom-light: #816ad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3530bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.128,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42326,
    "c": 0.21009,
    "h": 274.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3530BD

secondary

#C7CA7F

accent

#E345DD

background

#F8F6FD

surface

#F0EBFA

border

#CBC6D3

text

#0C0714

muted

#7D7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3530BD

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

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