#3530BF#3530BF

#3530BF is a dark, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.212 H 274.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3530BF
RGB	rgb(53, 48, 191)
HSL	hsl(242, 60%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(242, 75%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 74.9%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.95, 47.94, -73.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.95, 87.56, 303.19°)
OKLab	oklab(42.54% 0.0151 -0.212)
OKLCH	oklch(42.54% 0.213 274.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.9260, 6.6312, 49.9315)
Luminance	0.0663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Sapphire (survey)

#2138AB

ΔE00 4.49

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3530BF #BABF30

analogous

#3073BF #3530BF #7D30BF

triadic

#3530BF #BF3530 #30BF35

tetradic

#3530BF #BF3073 #BABF30 #30BF7D

square

#3530BF #BF3073 #BABF30 #30BF7D

split-complementary

#3530BF #BF7D30 #73BF30

monochromatic

#1A175D #27248E #3530BF #5C57D5 #8B88E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.03

#3530BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#3530BF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3530BF

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3530BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3530BF	1.00	9.03	2.33	9.03
#FFFFFF	9.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3530bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 48, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.212 274.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816bd4',
    500: '#3530bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3530bf;
$custom-light: #816bd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3530bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.098,
    "s": 59.833,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42535,
    "c": 0.2125,
    "h": 274.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3530BF

secondary

#C8CB80

accent

#E345DD

background

#F8F6FD

surface

#F0EBFA

border

#CBC6D3

text

#0C0714

muted

#7D7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3530BF

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

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