#3538AE#3538AE

#3538AE is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.183 H 274.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3538AE
RGB	rgb(53, 56, 174)
HSL	hsl(239, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(239, 70%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 67.8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.97, 37.59, -63.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.97, 73.50, 300.76°)
OKLab	oklab(42.05% 0.0132 -0.1824)
OKLCH	oklch(42.05% 0.183 274.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.5198, 6.6402, 40.7635)
Luminance	0.0664 (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

#3538AE #AEAB35

analogous

#3575AE #3538AE #6E35AE

triadic

#3538AE #AE3538 #38AE35

tetradic

#3538AE #AE3575 #AEAB35 #35AE6E

square

#3538AE #AE3575 #AEAB35 #35AE6E

split-complementary

#3538AE #AE6E35 #75AE35

monochromatic

#181A50 #27297F #3538AE #5558CB #8486DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.02

#3538AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#3538AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3538AE

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3538AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3538AE	1.00	9.02	2.33	9.02
#FFFFFF	9.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00586E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3538ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 56, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.183 274.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d6fc7',
    500: '#3538ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3538ae;
$custom-light: #7d6fc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3538ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.512,
    "s": 53.304,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42048,
    "c": 0.18292,
    "h": 274.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3538AE

secondary

#C3C17C

accent

#D94BDD

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFECF8

border

#CAC7D1

text

#0B0713

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3538AE

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

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