#2E36A6#2E36A6

#2E36A6 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.177 H 272.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E36A6
RGB	rgb(46, 54, 166)
HSL	hsl(236, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(236, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 67.5%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.34, 35.19, -61.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.34, 70.47, 299.96°)
OKLab	oklab(40.52% 0.0073 -0.1765)
OKLCH	oklch(40.52% 0.177 272.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.3265, 5.9714, 36.7301)
Luminance	0.0597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.85

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E36A6 #A69E2E

analogous

#2E72A6 #2E36A6 #622EA6

triadic

#2E36A6 #A62E36 #36A62E

tetradic

#2E36A6 #A62E72 #A69E2E #2EA662

square

#2E36A6 #A62E72 #A69E2E #2EA662

split-complementary

#2E36A6 #A6622E #72A62E

monochromatic

#131746 #212676 #2E36A6 #464FCC #767CD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.57

#2E36A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#2E36A6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E36A6

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E36A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E36A6	1.00	9.57	2.19	9.57
#FFFFFF	9.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0040A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005469

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e36a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 54, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.177 272.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#786dc1',
    500: '#2e36a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e36a6;
$custom-light: #786dc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e36a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236,
    "s": 56.604,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40523,
    "c": 0.17663,
    "h": 272.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E36A6

secondary

#C1BB6F

accent

#D648E0

background

#F7F6FC

surface

#EEEBF8

border

#C9C6D1

text

#0A0712

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E36A6

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

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