#2A36A2#2A36A2

#2A36A2 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.172 H 271.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A36A2
RGB	rgb(42, 54, 162)
HSL	hsl(234, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(234, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 66.7%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.74, 33.28, -59.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.74, 68.29, 299.17°)
OKLab	oklab(39.91% 0.0032 -0.1724)
OKLCH	oklch(39.91% 0.172 271.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.7934, 5.7383, 34.8196)
Luminance	0.0574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A36A2 #A2962A

analogous

#2A72A2 #2A36A2 #5A2AA2

triadic

#2A36A2 #A22A36 #36A22A

tetradic

#2A36A2 #A22A72 #A2962A #2AA25A

square

#2A36A2 #A22A72 #A2962A #2AA25A

split-complementary

#2A36A2 #A25A2A #72A22A

monochromatic

#111641 #1D2671 #2A36A2 #3D4BCD #6D78D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.78

#2A36A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#2A36A2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A36A2

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A36A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A36A2	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)

#0049A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003EA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005367

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a36a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 54, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.172 271.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#766dbf',
    500: '#2a36a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a36a2;
$custom-light: #766dbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a36a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39913,
    "c": 0.17243,
    "h": 271.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A36A2

secondary

#C0B768

accent

#D246E2

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF7

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0712

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A36A2

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

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