#2B36A6#2B36A6

#2B36A6 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.177 H 271.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B36A6
RGB	rgb(43, 54, 166)
HSL	hsl(235, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(235, 74%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 67.5%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.17, 34.84, -61.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.17, 70.55, 299.60°)
OKLab	oklab(40.35% 0.004 -0.1774)
OKLCH	oklch(40.35% 0.177 271.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.1960, 5.9041, 36.7240)
Luminance	0.0590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B36A6 #A69B2B

analogous

#2B73A6 #2B36A6 #5D2BA6

triadic

#2B36A6 #A62B36 #36A62B

tetradic

#2B36A6 #A62B73 #A69B2B #2BA65D

square

#2B36A6 #A62B73 #A69B2B #2BA65D

split-complementary

#2B36A6 #A65D2B #73A62B

monochromatic

#121645 #1E2675 #2B36A6 #414DCE #717BDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.63

#2B36A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#2B36A6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B36A6

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B36A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B36A6	1.00	9.63	2.18	9.63
#FFFFFF	9.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.63	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: #2b36a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 54, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.177 271.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#776dc1',
    500: '#2b36a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b36a6;
$custom-light: #776dc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b36a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.634,
    "s": 58.852,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40353,
    "c": 0.17742,
    "h": 271.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B36A6

secondary

#C1BA6B

accent

#D446E2

background

#F7F6FC

surface

#EEEBF8

border

#C9C6D1

text

#0A0712

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B36A6

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

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