#2836A3#2836A3

#2836A3 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.174 H 270.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2836A3
RGB	rgb(40, 54, 163)
HSL	hsl(233, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(233, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 66.9%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.73, 33.43, -60.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.73, 68.91, 299.02°)
OKLab	oklab(39.9% 0.0011 -0.1743)
OKLCH	oklch(39.9% 0.174 270.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.8028, 5.7329, 35.2859)
Luminance	0.0573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2836A3 #A39528

analogous

#2873A3 #2836A3 #5828A3

triadic

#2836A3 #A32836 #36A328

tetradic

#2836A3 #A32873 #A39528 #28A358

square

#2836A3 #A32873 #A39528 #28A358

split-complementary

#2836A3 #A35828 #73A328

monochromatic

#101541 #1C2672 #2836A3 #3A4BCF #6B78DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.78

#2836A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#2836A3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2836A3

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2836A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2836A3	1.00	9.78	2.15	9.78
#FFFFFF	9.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003EA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005367

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2836a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 54, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.174 270.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#756dbf',
    500: '#2836a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2836a3;
$custom-light: #756dbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2836a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.171,
    "s": 60.591,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39902,
    "c": 0.17429,
    "h": 270.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2836A3

secondary

#C1B766

accent

#D244E4

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF7

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0712

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2836A3

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

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