#2836AE#2836AE

#2836AE is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.189 H 270.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2836AE
RGB	rgb(40, 54, 174)
HSL	hsl(234, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(234, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(77%, 69%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.77, 37.41, -65.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.77, 75.13, 299.86°)
OKLab	oklab(40.98% 0.0001 -0.1886)
OKLCH	oklch(40.98% 0.189 270)
XYZ	xyz(9.8316, 6.1444, 40.7040)
Luminance	0.0614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2836AE #AEA028

analogous

#2879AE #2836AE #5D28AE

triadic

#2836AE #AE2836 #36AE28

tetradic

#2836AE #AE2879 #AEA028 #28AE5D

square

#2836AE #AE2879 #AEA028 #28AE5D

split-complementary

#2836AE #AE5D28 #79AE28

monochromatic

#11174A #1D277C #2836AE #404FD3 #727DDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.42

#2836AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#2836AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2836AE

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2836AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2836AE	1.00	9.42	2.23	9.42
#FFFFFF	9.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0040AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00576D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2836ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 54, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.189 270.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#786dc7',
    500: '#2836ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2836ae;
$custom-light: #786dc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2836ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.731,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40981,
    "c": 0.1886,
    "h": 270
  },
  "luminance": 0.06145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2836AE

secondary

#C6BC6C

accent

#D542E6

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFEBF8

border

#CAC6D1

text

#0A0713

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2836AE

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

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