#2E36A4#2E36A4

#2E36A4 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.174 H 272.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E36A4
RGB	rgb(46, 54, 164)
HSL	hsl(236, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(236, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 67.1%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.16, 34.48, -60.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.16, 69.33, 299.82°)
OKLab	oklab(40.33% 0.0075 -0.1738)
OKLCH	oklch(40.33% 0.174 272.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.1445, 5.8986, 35.7714)
Luminance	0.0590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 7.07

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E36A4 #A49C2E

analogous

#2E71A4 #2E36A4 #612EA4

triadic

#2E36A4 #A42E36 #36A42E

tetradic

#2E36A4 #A42E71 #A49C2E #2EA461

square

#2E36A4 #A42E71 #A49C2E #2EA461

split-complementary

#2E36A4 #A4612E #71A42E

monochromatic

#131744 #212674 #2E36A4 #454ECB #747BD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.63

#2E36A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#2E36A4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E36A4

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E36A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E36A4	1.00	9.63	2.18	9.63
#FFFFFF	9.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003FA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005368

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e36a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 54, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.174 272.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#786dc0',
    500: '#2e36a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e36a4;
$custom-light: #786dc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e36a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.932,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40332,
    "c": 0.17399,
    "h": 272.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E36A4

secondary

#C0BA6E

accent

#D548DF

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EEEBF7

border

#C9C6D0

text

#0A0712

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E36A4

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

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