#2C36A9#2C36A9

#2C36A9 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.181 H 271.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C36A9
RGB	rgb(44, 54, 169)
HSL	hsl(235, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(235, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 68%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.51, 36.03, -62.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.51, 72.22, 299.93°)
OKLab	oklab(40.7% 0.0048 -0.181)
OKLCH	oklch(40.7% 0.181 271.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.5169, 6.0374, 38.1922)
Luminance	0.0604 (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

#2C36A9 #A99F2C

analogous

#2C75A9 #2C36A9 #612CA9

triadic

#2C36A9 #A92C36 #36A92C

tetradic

#2C36A9 #A92C75 #A99F2C #2CA961

square

#2C36A9 #A92C75 #A99F2C #2CA961

split-complementary

#2C36A9 #A9612C #75A92C

monochromatic

#131748 #1F2678 #2C36A9 #444FCE #747DDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.51

#2C36A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#2C36A9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C36A9

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C36A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C36A9	1.00	9.51	2.21	9.51
#FFFFFF	9.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0040A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00556B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c36a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 54, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.181 271.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#786dc4',
    500: '#2c36a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c36a9;
$custom-light: #786dc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c36a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.2,
    "s": 58.685,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40699,
    "c": 0.18108,
    "h": 271.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C36A9

secondary

#C3BC6E

accent

#D546E2

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFEBF8

border

#CAC6D1

text

#0A0713

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C36A9

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

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