#2836B0#2836B0

#2836B0 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.191 H 270.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2836B0
RGB	rgb(40, 54, 176)
HSL	hsl(234, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(234, 77%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.3%, 69.3%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.97, 38.12, -66.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.97, 76.25, 300.00°)
OKLab	oklab(41.18% -0.0001 -0.1911)
OKLCH	oklch(41.18% 0.191 270)
XYZ	xyz(10.0280, 6.2229, 41.7385)
Luminance	0.0622 (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

#2836B0 #B0A228

analogous

#287AB0 #2836B0 #5E28B0

triadic

#2836B0 #B02836 #36B028

tetradic

#2836B0 #B0287A #B0A228 #28B05E

square

#2836B0 #B0287A #B0A228 #28B05E

split-complementary

#2836B0 #B05E28 #7AB028

monochromatic

#11174C #1D277E #2836B0 #4150D4 #737EDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.35

#2836B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#2836B0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2836B0

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2836B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2836B0	1.00	9.35	2.24	9.35
#FFFFFF	9.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0040AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00586F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2836b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 54, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.191 270.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#796dc9',
    500: '#2836b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2836b0;
$custom-light: #796dc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2836b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.824,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4118,
    "c": 0.19115,
    "h": 270
  },
  "luminance": 0.06224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2836B0

secondary

#C6BD6D

accent

#D542E6

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFEBF8

border

#CAC6D1

text

#0B0713

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2836B0

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

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