#3542AD#3542AD

#3542AD is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.170 H 272.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3542AD
RGB	rgb(53, 66, 173)
HSL	hsl(234, 53%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(234, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 61.8%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.28, 30.91, -58.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.28, 66.41, 297.74°)
OKLab	oklab(43.71% 0.0059 -0.1696)
OKLCH	oklch(43.71% 0.17 272)
XYZ	xyz(10.9567, 7.6694, 40.4300)
Luminance	0.0767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.20

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3542AD #ADA035

analogous

#357EAD #3542AD #6435AD

triadic

#3542AD #AD3542 #42AD35

tetradic

#3542AD #AD357E #ADA035 #35AD64

square

#3542AD #AD357E #ADA035 #35AD64

split-complementary

#3542AD #AD6435 #7EAD35

monochromatic

#181E4F #27307E #3542AD #5461CB #838DD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.29

#3542AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#3542AD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3542AD

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3542AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3542AD	1.00	8.29	2.53	8.29
#FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0054B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005D71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3542ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 66, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.170 272.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c76c6',
    500: '#3542ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3542ad;
$custom-light: #7c76c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3542ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.5,
    "s": 53.097,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43712,
    "c": 0.16966,
    "h": 272
  },
  "luminance": 0.0767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3542AD

secondary

#C3BB7B

accent

#CD4BDD

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#EFEDF8

border

#CAC8D1

text

#0B0813

muted

#7C7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3542AD

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

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