#2836B1#2836B1

#2836B1 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.192 H 269.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2836B1
RGB	rgb(40, 54, 177)
HSL	hsl(234, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(234, 77%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.4%, 69.5%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.07, 38.48, -66.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.07, 76.80, 300.07°)
OKLab	oklab(41.28% -0.0002 -0.1924)
OKLCH	oklch(41.28% 0.192 269.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.1273, 6.2627, 42.2615)
Luminance	0.0626 (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

#2836B1 #B1A328

analogous

#287AB1 #2836B1 #5F28B1

triadic

#2836B1 #B12836 #36B128

tetradic

#2836B1 #B1287A #B1A328 #28B15F

square

#2836B1 #B1287A #B1A328 #28B15F

split-complementary

#2836B1 #B15F28 #7AB128

monochromatic

#11184D #1D277F #2836B1 #4251D4 #747FE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.32

#2836B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#2836B1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2836B1

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2836B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2836B1	1.00	9.32	2.25	9.32
#FFFFFF	9.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0040AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00586F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2836b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 54, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.192 269.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#796dc9',
    500: '#2836b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2836b1;
$custom-light: #796dc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2836b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.869,
    "s": 63.134,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4128,
    "c": 0.19242,
    "h": 269.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2836B1

secondary

#C7BE6E

accent

#D542E6

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFEBF8

border

#CAC6D1

text

#0B0713

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2836B1

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

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