#2A36A6#2A36A6

#2A36A6 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.178 H 270.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A36A6
RGB	rgb(42, 54, 166)
HSL	hsl(234, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(234, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 67.5%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.11, 34.73, -61.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.11, 70.57, 299.48°)
OKLab	oklab(40.3% 0.0029 -0.1777)
OKLCH	oklch(40.3% 0.178 270.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.1546, 5.8828, 36.7220)
Luminance	0.0588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A36A6 #A69A2A

analogous

#2A74A6 #2A36A6 #5C2AA6

triadic

#2A36A6 #A62A36 #36A62A

tetradic

#2A36A6 #A62A74 #A69A2A #2AA65C

square

#2A36A6 #A62A74 #A69A2A #2AA65C

split-complementary

#2A36A6 #A65C2A #74A62A

monochromatic

#111644 #1E2675 #2A36A6 #3F4DCE #707ADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.65

#2A36A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#2A36A6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A36A6

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A36A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A36A6	1.00	9.65	2.18	9.65
#FFFFFF	9.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003FA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005469

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a36a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 54, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.178 270.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#776dc1',
    500: '#2a36a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a36a6;
$custom-light: #776dc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a36a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.194,
    "s": 59.615,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40299,
    "c": 0.1777,
    "h": 270.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A36A6

secondary

#C2B96A

accent

#D445E3

background

#F7F6FC

surface

#EEEBF8

border

#C9C6D1

text

#0A0712

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A36A6

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

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