#3B487A · near Dusk

#3B487A (RGB 59, 72, 122) is a medium, moderately saturated blue, closest to Dusk and near Deep Teal and Charcoal. Blue suggests trust, stability and calm; it is the most used hue in corporate and tech branding, which makes #3B487A a natural choice for links, primary buttons, finance and technology. It appears in 1 ColorSwoop palette. In OKLCH it has 42% lightness and 0.09 chroma at hue 271°.

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HEX#3B487A

RGBrgb(59, 72, 122)

HSLhsl(228, 35%, 35%)

CMYK52, 41, 0, 52

CSS var--dusk

Contrast8.77:1 white · 2.39:1 black

Similar named colors

Dusk #4E5481Deep Teal #0F4C5CCharcoal #36454FCharcoal Blue #2C3E50Lapis #26619C

How to use #3B487A

White text passes WCAG AA on #3B487A (8.77:1); black does not, so keep dark text off it.

For a calm scheme pair #3B487A with its analogous neighbors #3A6678 and #4D3A78; for contrast use its complement #786C3A as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #F5F5F7.

CSSSCSSTailwind

--dusk: #3B487A;

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Shades & tints

#0C0E18#181D31#232B49#2F3A62#3B487A#626D95#8991AF#B1B6CA#D8DAE4

Color harmonies for #3B487A

Complementary

#3B487A#786C3A

Analogous

#3B487A#3A6678#4D3A78

Triadic

#3B487A#783A47#47783A

Split complementary

#3B487A#784D3A#66783A

Tetradic

#3B487A#783A66#786C3A#3A784D