#2836A2#2836A2

#2836A2 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.173 H 270.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2836A2
RGB	rgb(40, 54, 162)
HSL	hsl(233, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(233, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 66.7%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.64, 33.06, -59.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.64, 68.33, 298.93°)
OKLab	oklab(39.81% 0.0012 -0.173)
OKLCH	oklch(39.81% 0.173 270.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.7136, 5.6972, 34.8158)
Luminance	0.0570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2836A2 #A29428

analogous

#2873A2 #2836A2 #5728A2

triadic

#2836A2 #A22836 #36A228

tetradic

#2836A2 #A22873 #A29428 #28A257

square

#2836A2 #A22873 #A29428 #28A257

split-complementary

#2836A2 #A25728 #73A228

monochromatic

#101540 #1C2671 #2836A2 #394ACE #6A77DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.81

#2836A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#2836A2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2836A2

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2836A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2836A2	1.00	9.81	2.14	9.81
#FFFFFF	9.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003EA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005367

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2836a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 54, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.173 270.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#756dbf',
    500: '#2836a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2836a2;
$custom-light: #756dbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2836a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.115,
    "s": 60.396,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39806,
    "c": 0.17297,
    "h": 270.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2836A2

secondary

#C1B665

accent

#D144E4

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF7

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0712

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2836A2

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

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