#3A3560 · Charcoal

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#3A3560 is a dark, muted blue color, closest to Charcoal and near Charcoal Blue and Charcoal. In OKLCH it has 36% lightness and 0.07 chroma at hue 287°. Blue suggests trust, stability and calm; it is the most used hue in corporate and tech branding, which makes #3A3560 a natural choice for links, primary buttons, finance and technology. It appears in 1 ColorSwoop palette.

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HEX#3A3560
RGBrgb(58, 53, 96)
HSLhsl(247, 29%, 29%)
CMYK40, 45, 0, 62
CSS var--charcoal
Contrast11.3:1 white · 1.86:1 black

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How to use #3A3560

White text passes WCAG AA on #3A3560 (11.3:1); black does not, so keep dark text off it.

For a calm scheme pair #3A3560 with its analogous neighbors #35455F and #4F355F; for contrast use its complement #5A5F35 as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #F5F5F7.

--charcoal: #3A3560;

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