#2C36A6#2C36A6

#2C36A6 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.177 H 271.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C36A6
RGB	rgb(44, 54, 166)
HSL	hsl(235, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(235, 73%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 67.5%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.23, 34.96, -61.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.23, 70.52, 299.72°)
OKLab	oklab(40.41% 0.0051 -0.1771)
OKLCH	oklch(40.41% 0.177 271.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.2385, 5.9260, 36.7260)
Luminance	0.0593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.01

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C36A6 #A69C2C

analogous

#2C73A6 #2C36A6 #5F2CA6

triadic

#2C36A6 #A62C36 #36A62C

tetradic

#2C36A6 #A62C73 #A69C2C #2CA65F

square

#2C36A6 #A62C73 #A69C2C #2CA65F

split-complementary

#2C36A6 #A65F2C #73A62C

monochromatic

#121745 #1F2676 #2C36A6 #424ECD #737BDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.61

#2C36A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#2C36A6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C36A6

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C36A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C36A6	1.00	9.61	2.19	9.61
#FFFFFF	9.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.61	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: #2c36a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 54, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.177 271.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#786dc1',
    500: '#2c36a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c36a6;
$custom-light: #786dc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c36a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.082,
    "s": 58.095,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40409,
    "c": 0.17716,
    "h": 271.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C36A6

secondary

#C1BA6D

accent

#D546E1

background

#F7F6FC

surface

#EEEBF8

border

#C9C6D1

text

#0A0712

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C36A6

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

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