#2B36A9#2B36A9

#2B36A9 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.181 H 271.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B36A9
RGB	rgb(43, 54, 169)
HSL	hsl(235, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(235, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 68%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.45, 35.92, -62.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.45, 72.24, 299.82°)
OKLab	oklab(40.64% 0.0037 -0.1813)
OKLCH	oklch(40.64% 0.181 271.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.4744, 6.0155, 38.1902)
Luminance	0.0602 (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

#2B36A9 #A99E2B

analogous

#2B75A9 #2B36A9 #5F2BA9

triadic

#2B36A9 #A92B36 #36A92B

tetradic

#2B36A9 #A92B75 #A99E2B #2BA95F

square

#2B36A9 #A92B75 #A99E2B #2BA95F

split-complementary

#2B36A9 #A95F2B #75A92B

monochromatic

#121747 #1F2678 #2B36A9 #424FCF #737CDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.53

#2B36A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#2B36A9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B36A9

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B36A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B36A9	1.00	9.53	2.20	9.53
#FFFFFF	9.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003FA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00556B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b36a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 54, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.181 271.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#786dc4',
    500: '#2b36a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b36a9;
$custom-light: #786dc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b36a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.762,
    "s": 59.434,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40644,
    "c": 0.18135,
    "h": 271.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B36A9

secondary

#C3BB6D

accent

#D545E3

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFEBF8

border

#CAC6D1

text

#0A0713

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B36A9

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

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