#2A36B5#2A36B5

#2A36B5 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.197 H 270.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A36B5
RGB	rgb(42, 54, 181)
HSL	hsl(235, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(235, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 70.2%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.56, 40.08, -68.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.56, 78.96, 300.50°)
OKLab	oklab(41.78% 0.0014 -0.1969)
OKLCH	oklch(41.78% 0.197 270.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.6117, 6.4656, 44.3958)
Luminance	0.0647 (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

#2A36B5 #B5A92A

analogous

#2A7BB5 #2A36B5 #632AB5

triadic

#2A36B5 #B52A36 #36B52A

tetradic

#2A36B5 #B52A7B #B5A92A #2AB563

square

#2A36B5 #B52A7B #B5A92A #2AB563

split-complementary

#2A36B5 #B5632A #7BB52A

monochromatic

#131852 #1E2783 #2A36B5 #4854D4 #7982E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.16

#2A36B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#2A36B5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2A36B5

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A36B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2A36B5	1.00	9.16	2.29	9.16
#FFFFFF	9.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005971

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a36b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 54, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.197 270.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b6ecc',
    500: '#2a36b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a36b5;
$custom-light: #7b6ecc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a36b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.82,
    "s": 62.332,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41782,
    "c": 0.19695,
    "h": 270.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A36B5

secondary

#C8C173

accent

#D742E5

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFECF9

border

#CAC7D2

text

#0B0714

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A36B5

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

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