#2D36A8#2D36A8

#2D36A8 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.180 H 271.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D36A8
RGB	rgb(45, 54, 168)
HSL	hsl(236, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(236, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.2%, 67.9%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.47, 35.78, -62.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.47, 71.63, 299.97°)
OKLab	oklab(40.66% 0.006 -0.1794)
OKLCH	oklch(40.66% 0.18 271.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.4669, 6.0224, 37.7017)
Luminance	0.0602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.71

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2D36A8 #A89F2D

analogous

#2D74A8 #2D36A8 #622DA8

triadic

#2D36A8 #A82D36 #36A82D

tetradic

#2D36A8 #A82D74 #A89F2D #2DA862

square

#2D36A8 #A82D74 #A89F2D #2DA862

split-complementary

#2D36A8 #A8622D #74A82D

monochromatic

#131747 #202678 #2D36A8 #454FCD #757DDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.53

#2D36A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#2D36A8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2D36A8

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D36A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2D36A8	1.00	9.53	2.20	9.53
#FFFFFF	9.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0040A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00556A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2d36a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 54, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.180 271.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#796dc3',
    500: '#2d36a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d36a8;
$custom-light: #796dc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d36a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.61,
    "s": 57.746,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40658,
    "c": 0.17951,
    "h": 271.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D36A8

secondary

#C2BC6F

accent

#D647E1

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFEBF8

border

#CAC6D1

text

#0A0713

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D36A8

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

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