#2E36A9#2E36A9

#2E36A9 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.181 H 272.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E36A9
RGB	rgb(46, 54, 169)
HSL	hsl(236, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(236, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.8%, 68%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.62, 36.25, -62.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.62, 72.16, 300.16°)
OKLab	oklab(40.81% 0.007 -0.1804)
OKLCH	oklch(40.81% 0.181 272.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.6049, 6.0828, 38.1963)
Luminance	0.0608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E36A9 #A9A12E

analogous

#2E73A9 #2E36A9 #642EA9

triadic

#2E36A9 #A92E36 #36A92E

tetradic

#2E36A9 #A92E73 #A9A12E #2EA964

square

#2E36A9 #A92E73 #A9A12E #2EA964

split-complementary

#2E36A9 #A9642E #73A92E

monochromatic

#141749 #212779 #2E36A9 #4750CD #777EDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.47

#2E36A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#2E36A9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E36A9

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E36A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E36A9	1.00	9.47	2.22	9.47
#FFFFFF	9.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0040A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00556B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e36a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 54, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.181 272.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#796dc4',
    500: '#2e36a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e36a9;
$custom-light: #796dc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e36a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.098,
    "s": 57.209,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40812,
    "c": 0.18054,
    "h": 272.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E36A9

secondary

#C2BD71

accent

#D747E0

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFEBF8

border

#CAC6D1

text

#0A0713

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E36A9

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

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