#3B35CD#3B35CD

#3B35CD is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 45.0% C 0.223 H 274.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B35CD
RGB	rgb(59, 53, 205)
HSL	hsl(242, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(242, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 74.1%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.74, 50.26, -76.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.74, 91.83, 303.18°)
OKLab	oklab(45.03% 0.0173 -0.2223)
OKLCH	oklch(45.03% 0.223 274.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.0925, 7.8824, 58.5245)
Luminance	0.0788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blurple

#5539CC

ΔE00 3.13

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B35CD #C7CD35

analogous

#357BCD #3B35CD #8735CD

triadic

#3B35CD #CD3B35 #35CD3B

tetradic

#3B35CD #CD357B #C7CD35 #35CD87

square

#3B35CD #CD357B #C7CD35 #35CD87

split-complementary

#3B35CD #CD8735 #7BCD35

monochromatic

#1E1B6D #2C279E #3B35CD #6B66D9 #9A97E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.15

#3B35CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#3B35CD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B35CD

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B35CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B35CD	1.00	8.15	2.58	8.15
#FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00617E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b35cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 53, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.0% 0.223 274.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866fde',
    500: '#3b35cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b35cd;
$custom-light: #866fde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b35cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.368,
    "s": 60.317,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45034,
    "c": 0.22296,
    "h": 274.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B35CD

secondary

#CED18D

accent

#E344DD

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F1ECFB

border

#CBC7D4

text

#0D0715

muted

#7E7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B35CD

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

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