#2E36A7#2E36A7

#2E36A7 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.178 H 272.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E36A7
RGB	rgb(46, 54, 167)
HSL	hsl(236, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(236, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 67.7%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.43, 35.54, -61.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.43, 71.03, 300.02°)
OKLab	oklab(40.62% 0.0072 -0.1778)
OKLCH	oklch(40.62% 0.178 272.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.4186, 6.0083, 37.2151)
Luminance	0.0601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.74

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E36A7 #A79F2E

analogous

#2E73A7 #2E36A7 #632EA7

triadic

#2E36A7 #A72E36 #36A72E

tetradic

#2E36A7 #A72E73 #A79F2E #2EA763

square

#2E36A7 #A72E73 #A79F2E #2EA763

split-complementary

#2E36A7 #A7632E #73A72E

monochromatic

#141747 #212677 #2E36A7 #464FCC #767DD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.54

#2E36A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#2E36A7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E36A7

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E36A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E36A7	1.00	9.54	2.20	9.54
#FFFFFF	9.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0040A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00546A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e36a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 54, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.178 272.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#796dc2',
    500: '#2e36a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e36a7;
$custom-light: #796dc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e36a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.033,
    "s": 56.808,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40619,
    "c": 0.17793,
    "h": 272.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E36A7

secondary

#C1BC70

accent

#D648E0

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFEBF8

border

#CAC6D1

text

#0A0713

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E36A7

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

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