#2236A8#2236A8

#2236A8 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.182 H 268.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2236A8
RGB	rgb(34, 54, 168)
HSL	hsl(231, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(231, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.8%, 67.9%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.91, 34.68, -62.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.91, 71.89, 298.84°)
OKLab	oklab(40.1% -0.0051 -0.1824)
OKLCH	oklch(40.1% 0.182 268.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.0443, 5.8045, 37.6819)
Luminance	0.0581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2236A8 #A89422

analogous

#2279A8 #2236A8 #5122A8

triadic

#2236A8 #A82236 #36A822

tetradic

#2236A8 #A82279 #A89422 #22A851

square

#2236A8 #A82279 #A89422 #22A851

split-complementary

#2236A8 #A85122 #79A822

monochromatic

#0D1542 #182675 #2236A8 #324AD5 #6577E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.72

#2236A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#2236A8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2236A8

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2236A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2236A8	1.00	9.72	2.16	9.72
#FFFFFF	9.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003EA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00556A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2236a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 54, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.182 268.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#756dc3',
    500: '#2236a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2236a8;
$custom-light: #756dc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2236a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.045,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40103,
    "c": 0.18244,
    "h": 268.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2236A8

secondary

#C5B661

accent

#D03FE9

background

#F7F6FC

surface

#EEEBF8

border

#C9C6D1

text

#0A0713

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2236A8

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

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