#3542C4#3542C4

#3542C4 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 45.8% C 0.200 H 271.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3542C4
RGB	rgb(53, 66, 196)
HSL	hsl(235, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(235, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(73%, 66.3%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.28, 39.06, -69.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.28, 79.37, 299.48°)
OKLab	oklab(45.79% 0.0046 -0.1998)
OKLCH	oklch(45.79% 0.2 271.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.3768, 8.6375, 53.1761)
Luminance	0.0864 (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

#3542C4 #C4B735

analogous

#358AC4 #3542C4 #6F35C4

triadic

#3542C4 #C43542 #42C435

tetradic

#3542C4 #C4358A #C4B735 #35C46F

square

#3542C4 #C4358A #C4B735 #35C46F

split-complementary

#3542C4 #C46F35 #8AC435

monochromatic

#1B2264 #283294 #3542C4 #626CD4 #9299E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.70

#3542C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.73

#3542C4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3542C4

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3542C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3542C4	1.00	7.70	2.73	7.70
#FFFFFF	7.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005AC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004CC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00657D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3542c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 66, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.8% 0.200 271.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8176d7',
    500: '#3542c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3542c4;
$custom-light: #8176d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3542c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.545,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45787,
    "c": 0.19983,
    "h": 271.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3542C4

secondary

#CCC688

accent

#D347E1

background

#F8F7FD

surface

#F0EDFA

border

#CBC8D3

text

#0C0815

muted

#7D7B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3542C4

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

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