#3538AA#3538AA

#3538AA is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.178 H 274.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3538AA
RGB	rgb(53, 56, 170)
HSL	hsl(238, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(238, 69%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 67.1%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.61, 36.21, -61.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.61, 71.25, 300.54°)
OKLab	oklab(41.67% 0.0136 -0.1772)
OKLCH	oklch(41.67% 0.178 274.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.1357, 6.4866, 38.7403)
Luminance	0.0649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3538AA #AAA735

analogous

#3572AA #3538AA #6C35AA

triadic

#3538AA #AA3538 #38AA35

tetradic

#3538AA #AA3572 #AAA735 #35AA6C

square

#3538AA #AA3572 #AAA735 #35AA6C

split-complementary

#3538AA #AA6C35 #72AA35

monochromatic

#18194D #26297B #3538AA #5356C9 #8284D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.14

#3538AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#3538AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3538AA

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3538AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3538AA	1.00	9.14	2.30	9.14
#FFFFFF	9.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00566C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3538aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 56, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.178 274.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c6fc4',
    500: '#3538aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3538aa;
$custom-light: #7c6fc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3538aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.462,
    "s": 52.466,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41672,
    "c": 0.17772,
    "h": 274.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3538AA

secondary

#C1BF7A

accent

#D84CDC

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFECF8

border

#CAC7D1

text

#0B0713

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3538AA

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

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