#2C36B3#2C36B3

#2C36B3 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.194 H 271.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2C36B3
RGB	rgb(44, 54, 179)
HSL	hsl(236, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(236, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 69.8%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.47, 39.57, -66.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.47, 77.80, 300.57°)
OKLab	oklab(41.68% 0.0037 -0.1939)
OKLCH	oklch(41.68% 0.194 271.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.4918, 6.4274, 43.3267)
Luminance	0.0643 (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

#2C36B3 #B3A92C

analogous

#2C79B3 #2C36B3 #652CB3

triadic

#2C36B3 #B32C36 #36B32C

tetradic

#2C36B3 #B32C79 #B3A92C #2CB365

square

#2C36B3 #B32C79 #B3A92C #2CB365

split-complementary

#2C36B3 #B3652C #79B32C

monochromatic

#141851 #202782 #2C36B3 #4A54D2 #7B82DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.19

#2C36B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#2C36B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2C36B3

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2C36B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2C36B3	1.00	9.19	2.29	9.19
#FFFFFF	9.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005970

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2c36b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 54, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.194 271.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b6ecb',
    500: '#2c36b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2c36b3;
$custom-light: #7b6ecb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2c36b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.556,
    "s": 60.538,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41684,
    "c": 0.19391,
    "h": 271.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2C36B3

secondary

#C7C174

accent

#D844E4

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFECF9

border

#CAC7D2

text

#0B0713

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2C36B3

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

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