#2836A5#2836A5

#2836A5 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.177 H 270.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2836A5
RGB	rgb(40, 54, 165)
HSL	hsl(233, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(233, 76%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.8%, 67.3%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.92, 34.16, -61.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.92, 70.05, 299.18°)
OKLab	oklab(40.1% 0.0009 -0.1769)
OKLCH	oklch(40.1% 0.177 270.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.9834, 5.8051, 36.2371)
Luminance	0.0581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2836A5 #A59728

analogous

#2874A5 #2836A5 #5828A5

triadic

#2836A5 #A52836 #36A528

tetradic

#2836A5 #A52874 #A59728 #28A558

square

#2836A5 #A52874 #A59728 #28A558

split-complementary

#2836A5 #A55828 #74A528

monochromatic

#101642 #1C2674 #2836A5 #3B4BCF #6C78DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.72

#2836A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#2836A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2836A5

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2836A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2836A5	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)

#004AA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003EA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005469

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2836a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 54, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.177 270.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#766dc1',
    500: '#2836a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2836a5;
$custom-light: #766dc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2836a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.28,
    "s": 60.976,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40096,
    "c": 0.17693,
    "h": 270.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2836A5

secondary

#C2B867

accent

#D244E4

background

#F7F6FC

surface

#EEEBF8

border

#C9C6D1

text

#0A0712

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2836A5

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

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