#3530BE#3530BE

#3530BE is a dark, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.211 H 274.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3530BE
RGB	rgb(53, 48, 190)
HSL	hsl(242, 60%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(242, 75%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 74.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.85, 47.61, -72.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.85, 87.04, 303.16°)
OKLab	oklab(42.43% 0.0153 -0.2107)
OKLCH	oklch(42.43% 0.211 274.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.8163, 6.5873, 49.3540)
Luminance	0.0659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Sapphire (survey)

#2138AB

ΔE00 4.40

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3530BE #B9BE30

analogous

#3072BE #3530BE #7C30BE

triadic

#3530BE #BE3530 #30BE35

tetradic

#3530BE #BE3072 #B9BE30 #30BE7C

square

#3530BE #BE3072 #B9BE30 #30BE7C

split-complementary

#3530BE #BE7C30 #72BE30

monochromatic

#1A175C #27248D #3530BE #5B57D4 #8B88E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.06

#3530BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#3530BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3530BE

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3530BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3530BE	1.00	9.06	2.32	9.06
#FFFFFF	9.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005975

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3530be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 48, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.211 274.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816ad3',
    500: '#3530be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3530be;
$custom-light: #816ad3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3530be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.113,
    "s": 59.664,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4243,
    "c": 0.2113,
    "h": 274.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3530BE

secondary

#C8CB7F

accent

#E345DD

background

#F8F6FD

surface

#F0EBFA

border

#CBC6D3

text

#0C0714

muted

#7D7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3530BE

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

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