#2C36AA#2C36AA

#2C36AA is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.182 H 271.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C36AA
RGB	rgb(44, 54, 170)
HSL	hsl(235, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(235, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 68.2%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.60, 36.39, -63.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.60, 72.78, 300.00°)
OKLab	oklab(40.8% 0.0047 -0.1823)
OKLCH	oklch(40.8% 0.182 271.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.6111, 6.0751, 38.6885)
Luminance	0.0608 (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

#2C36AA #AAA02C

analogous

#2C75AA #2C36AA #612CAA

triadic

#2C36AA #AA2C36 #36AA2C

tetradic

#2C36AA #AA2C75 #AAA02C #2CAA61

square

#2C36AA #AA2C75 #AAA02C #2CAA61

split-complementary

#2C36AA #AA612C #75AA2C

monochromatic

#131749 #1F2779 #2C36AA #444FCF #757DDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.48

#2C36AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#2C36AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C36AA

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C36AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C36AA	1.00	9.48	2.22	9.48
#FFFFFF	9.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0040A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00556B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c36aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 54, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.182 271.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#796dc4',
    500: '#2c36aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c36aa;
$custom-light: #796dc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c36aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.238,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40796,
    "c": 0.18238,
    "h": 271.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C36AA

secondary

#C3BC6F

accent

#D646E2

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFEBF8

border

#CAC6D1

text

#0A0713

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C36AA

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

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