#2C36AC#2C36AC

#2C36AC is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.185 H 271.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C36AC
RGB	rgb(44, 54, 172)
HSL	hsl(235, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(235, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 68.6%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.79, 37.10, -63.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.79, 73.91, 300.13°)
OKLab	oklab(40.99% 0.0045 -0.1849)
OKLCH	oklch(40.99% 0.185 271.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.8017, 6.1513, 39.6925)
Luminance	0.0615 (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

#2C36AC #ACA22C

analogous

#2C76AC #2C36AC #622CAC

triadic

#2C36AC #AC2C36 #36AC2C

tetradic

#2C36AC #AC2C76 #ACA22C #2CAC62

square

#2C36AC #AC2C76 #ACA22C #2CAC62

split-complementary

#2C36AC #AC622C #76AC2C

monochromatic

#13174B #20277B #2C36AC #4650D0 #767EDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.42

#2C36AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#2C36AC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C36AC

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C36AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C36AC	1.00	9.42	2.23	9.42
#FFFFFF	9.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0040AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00566C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c36ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 54, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.185 271.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#796dc6',
    500: '#2c36ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c36ac;
$custom-light: #796dc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c36ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.313,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40992,
    "c": 0.18496,
    "h": 271.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C36AC

secondary

#C4BD70

accent

#D645E2

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFEBF8

border

#CAC6D1

text

#0B0713

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C36AC

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

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