#2C36A8#2C36A8

#2C36A8 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.180 H 271.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C36A8
RGB	rgb(44, 54, 168)
HSL	hsl(235, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(235, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.8%, 67.9%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.41, 35.67, -62.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.41, 71.65, 299.86°)
OKLab	oklab(40.6% 0.0049 -0.1797)
OKLCH	oklch(40.6% 0.18 271.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.4234, 6.0000, 37.6997)
Luminance	0.0600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.79

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2C36A8 #A89E2C

analogous

#2C74A8 #2C36A8 #602CA8

triadic

#2C36A8 #A82C36 #36A82C

tetradic

#2C36A8 #A82C74 #A89E2C #2CA860

square

#2C36A8 #A82C74 #A89E2C #2CA860

split-complementary

#2C36A8 #A8602C #74A82C

monochromatic

#131747 #1F2678 #2C36A8 #434FCE #747CDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.54

#2C36A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#2C36A8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C36A8

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C36A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C36A8	1.00	9.54	2.20	9.54
#FFFFFF	9.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003FA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00556A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c36a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 54, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.180 271.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#786dc3',
    500: '#2c36a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c36a8;
$custom-light: #786dc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c36a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.161,
    "s": 58.491,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40602,
    "c": 0.17978,
    "h": 271.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C36A8

secondary

#C2BB6E

accent

#D546E2

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFEBF8

border

#CAC6D1

text

#0A0713

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C36A8

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

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