#2E36A5#2E36A5

#2E36A5 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.175 H 272.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E36A5
RGB	rgb(46, 54, 165)
HSL	hsl(236, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(236, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 67.3%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.25, 34.83, -60.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.25, 69.90, 299.89°)
OKLab	oklab(40.43% 0.0074 -0.1752)
OKLCH	oklch(40.43% 0.175 272.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.2351, 5.9349, 36.2489)
Luminance	0.0594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.96

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E36A5 #A59D2E

analogous

#2E72A5 #2E36A5 #622EA5

triadic

#2E36A5 #A52E36 #36A52E

tetradic

#2E36A5 #A52E72 #A59D2E #2EA562

square

#2E36A5 #A52E72 #A59D2E #2EA562

split-complementary

#2E36A5 #A5622E #72A52E

monochromatic

#131745 #212675 #2E36A5 #454ECB #757CD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.60

#2E36A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#2E36A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E36A5

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E36A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E36A5	1.00	9.60	2.19	9.60
#FFFFFF	9.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003FA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005469

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e36a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 54, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.175 272.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#786dc1',
    500: '#2e36a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e36a5;
$custom-light: #786dc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e36a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.966,
    "s": 56.398,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40428,
    "c": 0.17531,
    "h": 272.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E36A5

secondary

#C0BB6F

accent

#D548E0

background

#F7F6FC

surface

#EEEBF8

border

#C9C6D1

text

#0A0712

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E36A5

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

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