#2A36A8#2A36A8

#2A36A8 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.180 H 270.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A36A8
RGB	rgb(42, 54, 168)
HSL	hsl(234, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(234, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 67.9%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.30, 35.46, -62.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.30, 71.71, 299.63°)
OKLab	oklab(40.49% 0.0027 -0.1803)
OKLCH	oklch(40.49% 0.18 270.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.3395, 5.9567, 37.6958)
Luminance	0.0596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A36A8 #A89C2A

analogous

#2A75A8 #2A36A8 #5D2AA8

triadic

#2A36A8 #A82A36 #36A82A

tetradic

#2A36A8 #A82A75 #A89C2A #2AA85D

square

#2A36A8 #A82A75 #A89C2A #2AA85D

split-complementary

#2A36A8 #A85D2A #75A82A

monochromatic

#121746 #1E2677 #2A36A8 #404ECF #717BDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.58

#2A36A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#2A36A8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A36A8

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A36A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A36A8	1.00	9.58	2.19	9.58
#FFFFFF	9.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003FA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00556A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a36a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 54, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.180 270.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#776dc3',
    500: '#2a36a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a36a8;
$custom-light: #776dc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a36a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.286,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40493,
    "c": 0.18031,
    "h": 270.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A36A8

secondary

#C3BA6B

accent

#D445E3

background

#F7F6FC

surface

#EEEBF8

border

#C9C6D1

text

#0A0713

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A36A8

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

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