#3B489A#3B489A

#3B489A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.134 H 272.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B489A
RGB	rgb(59, 72, 154)
HSL	hsl(232, 45%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(232, 62%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 53.2%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.77, 21.15, -46.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.77, 51.14, 294.43°)
OKLab	oklab(43.71% 0.0067 -0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(43.71% 0.134 272.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.9518, 7.8968, 31.5654)
Luminance	0.0790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3B489A #9A8D3B

analogous

#3B789A #3B489A #5D3B9A

triadic

#3B489A #9A3B48 #489A3B

tetradic

#3B489A #9A3B78 #9A8D3B #3B9A5D

square

#3B489A #9A3B78 #9A8D3B #3B9A5D

split-complementary

#3B489A #9A5D3B #789A3B

monochromatic

#191F42 #2A336E #3B489A #5563BE #818BCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.14

#3B489A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#3B489A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B489A

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B489A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B489A	1.00	8.14	2.58	8.14
#FFFFFF	8.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#17549D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004B98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005B6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b489a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 72, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.134 272.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a7ab8',
    500: '#3b489a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b489a;
$custom-light: #7a7ab8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b489a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.789,
    "s": 44.601,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43712,
    "c": 0.1336,
    "h": 272.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B489A

secondary

#B8B078

accent

#C353D4

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEDF6

border

#C9C8D0

text

#0A0911

muted

#7C7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B489A

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

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