#2E36A1#2E36A1

#2E36A1 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.170 H 272.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E36A1
RGB	rgb(46, 54, 161)
HSL	hsl(236, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(236, 71%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 66.5%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.88, 33.40, -58.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.88, 67.61, 299.61°)
OKLab	oklab(40.05% 0.0077 -0.1698)
OKLCH	oklch(40.05% 0.17 272.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.8767, 5.7915, 34.3614)
Luminance	0.0579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E36A1 #A1992E

analogous

#2E6FA1 #2E36A1 #5F2EA1

triadic

#2E36A1 #A12E36 #36A12E

tetradic

#2E36A1 #A12E6F #A1992E #2EA15F

square

#2E36A1 #A12E6F #A1992E #2EA15F

split-complementary

#2E36A1 #A15F2E #6FA12E

monochromatic

#131642 #202671 #2E36A1 #434CC9 #737AD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.73

#2E36A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#2E36A1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E36A1

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E36A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E36A1	1.00	9.73	2.16	9.73
#FFFFFF	9.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005266

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e36a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 54, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.170 272.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#776dbe',
    500: '#2e36a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e36a1;
$custom-light: #776dbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e36a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.826,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40048,
    "c": 0.17002,
    "h": 272.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E36A1

secondary

#BEB96C

accent

#D449DF

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF7

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0712

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E36A1

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

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