#2A36AA#2A36AA

#2A36AA is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.183 H 270.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A36AA
RGB	rgb(42, 54, 170)
HSL	hsl(234, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(234, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 68.2%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.49, 36.17, -63.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.49, 72.83, 299.78°)
OKLab	oklab(40.69% 0.0026 -0.1829)
OKLCH	oklch(40.69% 0.183 270.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.5272, 6.0318, 38.6846)
Luminance	0.0603 (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

#2A36AA #AA9E2A

analogous

#2A76AA #2A36AA #5E2AAA

triadic

#2A36AA #AA2A36 #36AA2A

tetradic

#2A36AA #AA2A76 #AA9E2A #2AAA5E

square

#2A36AA #AA2A76 #AA9E2A #2AAA5E

split-complementary

#2A36AA #AA5E2A #76AA2A

monochromatic

#121748 #1E2679 #2A36AA #414FD0 #727CDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.52

#2A36AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#2A36AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A36AA

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A36AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A36AA	1.00	9.52	2.21	9.52
#FFFFFF	9.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003FA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00556B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a36aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 54, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.183 270.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#786dc4',
    500: '#2a36aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a36aa;
$custom-light: #786dc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a36aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.375,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40688,
    "c": 0.18291,
    "h": 270.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A36AA

secondary

#C3BB6C

accent

#D544E4

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFEBF8

border

#CAC6D1

text

#0A0713

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A36AA

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

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