#2B36AE#2B36AE

#2B36AE is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.188 H 271.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2B36AE
RGB	rgb(43, 54, 174)
HSL	hsl(235, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(235, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 69%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.93, 37.70, -64.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.93, 75.05, 300.16°)
OKLab	oklab(41.14% 0.0032 -0.1878)
OKLCH	oklch(41.14% 0.188 271)
XYZ	xyz(9.9528, 6.2069, 40.7097)
Luminance	0.0621 (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

#2B36AE #AEA32B

analogous

#2B77AE #2B36AE #622BAE

triadic

#2B36AE #AE2B36 #36AE2B

tetradic

#2B36AE #AE2B77 #AEA32B #2BAE62

square

#2B36AE #AE2B77 #AEA32B #2BAE62

split-complementary

#2B36AE #AE622B #77AE2B

monochromatic

#13184C #1F277D #2B36AE #4551D1 #767FDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.37

#2B36AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#2B36AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2B36AE

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2B36AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2B36AE	1.00	9.37	2.24	9.37
#FFFFFF	9.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0040AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00576D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2b36ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 54, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.188 271.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#796dc7',
    500: '#2b36ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2b36ae;
$custom-light: #796dc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2b36ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.962,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41135,
    "c": 0.1878,
    "h": 271
  },
  "luminance": 0.06208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2B36AE

secondary

#C5BE70

accent

#D644E4

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFEBF8

border

#CAC6D1

text

#0B0713

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2B36AE

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

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