#2B36A7#2B36A7

#2B36A7 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.179 H 271.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B36A7
RGB	rgb(43, 54, 167)
HSL	hsl(235, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(235, 74%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 67.7%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.26, 35.20, -61.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.26, 71.11, 299.67°)
OKLab	oklab(40.45% 0.0039 -0.1787)
OKLCH	oklch(40.45% 0.179 271.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.2881, 5.9410, 37.2089)
Luminance	0.0594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2B36A7 #A79C2B

analogous

#2B74A7 #2B36A7 #5E2BA7

triadic

#2B36A7 #A72B36 #36A72B

tetradic

#2B36A7 #A72B74 #A79C2B #2BA75E

square

#2B36A7 #A72B74 #A79C2B #2BA75E

split-complementary

#2B36A7 #A75E2B #74A72B

monochromatic

#121746 #1E2676 #2B36A7 #414ECE #727BDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.60

#2B36A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#2B36A7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B36A7

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B36A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B36A7	1.00	9.60	2.19	9.60
#FFFFFF	9.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003FA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00546A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b36a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 54, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.179 271.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#786dc2',
    500: '#2b36a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b36a7;
$custom-light: #786dc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b36a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.677,
    "s": 59.048,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4045,
    "c": 0.17874,
    "h": 271.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B36A7

secondary

#C2BA6C

accent

#D446E2

background

#F7F6FC

surface

#EEEBF8

border

#C9C6D1

text

#0A0713

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B36A7

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

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