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#395d82

a dark, soft blue · cool · closest name: Royal Blue

Token name suggestion: Forest Cobalt

RGB
57, 93, 130
HSL
210°, 39%, 37%
CMYK
56, 29, 0, 49
Luminance
0.1031

#395d82 is a dark soft blue, 210° on the wheel and 100/100 on the cool side. Put white text on it (6.86:1). As text it scores 6.86:1 on white — safe at any size. Nearest name is Royal Blue, nearest Tailwind family is slate.

hsl(210 39% 37%)rgb(57 93 130)Base step 700AA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #395d82 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#395d82
Hue
210°
blue
Saturation
39%
soft
Lightness
37%
dark
Brightness
51%
HSV value
Perceived
35%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.1031
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
100/100 cool
Color family
Blue
Tone
Soft
Best ink
White
6.86:1
Closest name
Royal Blue
ΔE2000 11.7
Chroma
24.7
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.468
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
slate
500 · ΔE 10.8
Web-safe
#336699
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue210° of 360°
Saturation39%
Lightness37%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #395d82.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool100% cool

Reads cool. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red8%
Green76%
Blue16%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#395d82
HEX (8-digit)#395d82ff
RGBrgb(57, 93, 130)
RGBArgba(57, 93, 130, 1)
HSLhsl(210, 39%, 37%)
HSV / HSBhsv(210, 56%, 51%)
HWBhwb(210 22% 49%)
CMYKcmyk(56%, 29%, 0%, 49%)
LABlab(38.4 -1.4 -24.6)
LCHlch(38.4 24.7 266.8)
OKLCHoklch(0.468 0.073 250.3)
XYZ (D65)xyz(9.63, 10.31, 22.60)
Decimal3759490
Display P3color(display-p3 0.224 0.365 0.510)
Web-safe#336699

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #395d82;
background-color: #395d82;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #395d82;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#395d82] bg-[#395d82]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #395d82;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.224, green: 0.365, blue: 0.510)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.224, green: 0.365, blue: 0.510, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#395D82</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF395D82)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF395D82)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(130, 93, 57)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(57, 93, 130)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(57, 93, 130)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 57, 93, 130)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.2235f, 0.3647f, 0.5098f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{57,93,130}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #395d82 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #395d82 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#273F59, #D4E0EC);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #395d82 h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F5F7FA;
  --brand-100: #EBF0F4;
  --brand-200: #D2DEE9;
  --brand-300: #B1C7DD;
  --brand-400: #8AAACC;
  --brand-500: #638EBB;
  --brand-600: #4B7AAA;
  --brand-700: #395d82;
  --brand-800: #325171;
  --brand-900: #273D53;
  --brand-950: #192634;
  --brand: #395d82;
  --brand-ink: #ffffff;
  --brand-surface: #F4F7FA;
  --brand-border: #C6D6E6;
  --brand-hover: #2E4B69;
  --brand-pressed: #233A50;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #141C24;
    --brand-ink: #D4E0EC;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F5F7FA',
        100: '#EBF0F4',
        200: '#D2DEE9',
        300: '#B1C7DD',
        400: '#8AAACC',
        500: '#638EBB',
        600: '#4B7AAA',
        700: '#395d82',
        800: '#325171',
        900: '#273D53',
        950: '#192634',
        DEFAULT: '#395d82',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F5F7FA,
  '100': #EBF0F4,
  '200': #D2DEE9,
  '300': #B1C7DD,
  '400': #8AAACC,
  '500': #638EBB,
  '600': #4B7AAA,
  '700': #395d82,
  '800': #325171,
  '900': #273D53,
  '950': #192634,
);
$brand-base: #395d82;
$brand-ink: #ffffff;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F5F7FA", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#EBF0F4", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#D2DEE9", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#B1C7DD", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#8AAACC", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#638EBB", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#4B7AAA", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#395d82", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#325171", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#273D53", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#192634", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#ffffff", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#ffffff on #395d82 · 6.86:1
Use #ffffffAA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 6.86:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 3.06:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #395d82 as text scores 6.86:1 on white and 3.06:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #EDF2F7 at 6.09:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#395d82 · 6.86:1
AA on whitealready passes
#395d82
The quick fox
#385B7F · 7.07:1
AAA on white−1% L
#385B7F
The quick fox
#4A79A9 · 4.60:1
AA on black+11% L
#4A79A9
The quick fox
#749AC2 · 7.14:1
AAA on black+24% L
#749AC2

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #395D82 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#395d82 on white: 6.86:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#395d82 on black: 3.06:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #395d82 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #395d82.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White6.86:1AaAa
Slate 506.55:1AaAa
Slate 1006.26:1AaAa
Slate 2005.56:1AaAa
Slate 3004.62:1AaAa
Slate 4002.67:1AaAa
Slate 5001.44:1AaAa
Slate 6001.10:1AaAa
Slate 7001.51:1AaAa
Slate 8002.13:1AaAa
Slate 9002.60:1AaAa
Black3.06:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #4E5E84
deuteranopia · #445781
tritanopia · #0A666A

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #395d82 is pinned to step 700; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F5F7FA
#EBF0F4
#D2DEE9
#B1C7DD
#8AAACC
#638EBB
#4B7AAA
#395d82
#325171
#273D53
#192634
Base = 700Lightest = 50 · #F5F7FADarkest = 950 · #192634Text step on white = 600
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.018 250.3);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.029 250.3);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.044 250.3);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.057 250.3);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.068 250.3);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.073 250.3);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.073 250.3);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.069 250.3);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.062 250.3);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.051 250.3);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.040 250.3);
}

Colors that work with #395d82

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#ffffff
White wins here
Surface#F4F7FA
Tinted page background
Border#C6D6E6
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B729B
Captions on the surface
Accent#864A35
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#273F59
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EDF2F7
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#141C24
Dark-mode background
Hover#2E4B69
One step down in lightness
Pressed#233A50
Two steps down
Disabled#7F95AD
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#35679B
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #395d82

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Body text and links on white
  • Charts, tags and secondary surfaces
  • Headers, footers and dark-mode surfaces
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Black text placed on it
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Any size
Safe as a fill behind white type
Yes
Safe as a 1px border on white
Yes

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

trustedcalmcompetentcorporate

The default of institutions for a reason: blue is read as stable and safe across nearly every culture that has been surveyed.

The muted chroma softens the association — it reads considered rather than loud, which suits long-form and data-heavy screens. The low lightness adds weight and formality.

Worth knowing

It is also the most crowded hue on the web. Distinctiveness has to come from your other choices.

Reads as
  • FormalityHigh
  • EnergyMedium
  • Weight63/100
  • TemperatureCool
  • ApproachabilityReserved

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#825E39
Analogous left#398282
Analogous right#3A3982
Split-complement 1#823A39
Split-complement 2#828239
Triadic 1#82395D
Triadic 2#5D8239
Tetradic#823982
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°210°

#395d82 sits at 210°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red22.4%
Green36.5%
Blue51.0%
R · 0–255
57
0x39
G · 0–255
93
0x5d
B · 0–255
130
0x82

CMYK percentages

Cyan56.2%
Magenta28.5%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)49.0%

Total ink coverage is 134%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#395d82 text on a black background

contrast 3.06:1

Card sample

#395d82 text on a white background

contrast 6.86:1

Card sample

#395d82 on grey

6.26:1

#395d82 on its own surface

6.38:1

#395d82 on its dark surface

2.51:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #395d82;
Background color
Panel with #395d82 background
background-color: #395d82;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #395d82;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(57, 93, 130, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(57, 93, 130, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #395d82;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #395d82, #463982);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #395d82, #583982);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #395d82;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #395d82;
caret-color: #395d82;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #395d82;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #EDF2F7;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #395d82;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#395d82 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #395d82 over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(57, 93, 130, 0.5)
rgb(57 93 130 / 50%)
#395d8280
hsl(210 39% 37% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #395d82 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#395d821a#EBEFF3
20%#395d8233#D7DFE6
40%#395d8266#B0BECD
60%#395d8299#889EB4
80%#395d82cc#617D9B

Gradients from #395d82

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #4C7CAD, #395d82 45%, #273F59);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #395d82, #3F306D);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #395d82, #825E39);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #5E8BB9 0%, #395d82 45%, #273F59 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F4F7FA, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #49A69E 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #4A4297 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #273F59 0%, transparent 65%), #395d82;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #395d82

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#395d82 in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
TechnologyFinanceHealthcareEnterprise SaaS
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Too dim on dark surfaces at 3.06:1 — lift it to #4A79A9 for body text, or reserve it for fills.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#395d82, answered

What color is #395d82?

#395d82 is a dark soft blue, closest to Royal Blue (ΔE2000 11.7). It sits at 210° on the hue wheel with 39% saturation and 37% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #395d82?

rgb(57, 93, 130) — 57 red, 93 green and 130 blue out of 255, or 22.4% / 36.5% / 51% by channel.

What is #395d82 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(210, 39%, 37%) and hsv(210, 56%, 51%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #395d82 a light or a dark color?

It is a dark color. Relative luminance is 0.1031 and perceived brightness is 35%, so white text on it reaches 6.86:1.

Should I use black or white text on #395d82?

White. It scores 6.86:1 against #395d82, versus 3.06:1 for black — AA at any size.

Is #395d82 accessible on a white background?

#395d82 on white scores 6.86:1, which clears AA at every size but not AAA.

What is the complementary color of #395d82?

#825E39 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #823A39 and #828239, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #395d82?

For interface work: #F4F7FA as the surface, #C6D6E6 for borders, #4B729B for secondary text, #864A35 as an accent and #273F59 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #398282 and #3A3982 stays calm, while #825E39 is the loudest partner.

What is #395d82 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(56%, 29%, 0%, 49%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #395d82 warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 100 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #394282; nudged cooler, #304F72.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #395d82?

The slate family — its 500 step is #64748b, ΔE2000 10.8 away. That is a visible difference, so define #395d82 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #395d82 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#395d82] or text-[#395d82], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #395d82 with 50% opacity?

rgba(57, 93, 130, 0.5), or #395d8280 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #9CAEC1; over black, #1D2F41.

Is #395d82 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #336699, ΔE2000 4.3 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #395d82 mean?

As a blue, it reads trusted, calm, competent. The default of institutions for a reason: blue is read as stable and safe across nearly every culture that has been surveyed. At this moderate chroma the association is present but not shouted.

What gradient works with #395d82?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #4C7CAD, #395d82 45%, #273F59). For more colour, a short hue run to #3F306D keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #395d82 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #395d82 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.