#2E36AA#2E36AA

#2E36AA is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.182 H 272.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E36AA
RGB	rgb(46, 54, 170)
HSL	hsl(236, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(236, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 68.2%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.71, 36.61, -62.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.71, 72.73, 300.22°)
OKLab	oklab(40.91% 0.0069 -0.1817)
OKLCH	oklch(40.91% 0.182 272.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.6991, 6.1205, 38.6926)
Luminance	0.0612 (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

#2E36AA #AAA22E

analogous

#2E74AA #2E36AA #642EAA

triadic

#2E36AA #AA2E36 #36AA2E

tetradic

#2E36AA #AA2E74 #AAA22E #2EAA64

square

#2E36AA #AA2E74 #AAA22E #2EAA64

split-complementary

#2E36AA #AA642E #74AA2E

monochromatic

#14174A #21277A #2E36AA #4850CD #787EDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.44

#2E36AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#2E36AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E36AA

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E36AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E36AA	1.00	9.44	2.22	9.44
#FFFFFF	9.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0040A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00556B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e36aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 54, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.182 272.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#796dc4',
    500: '#2e36aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e36aa;
$custom-light: #796dc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e36aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.129,
    "s": 57.407,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40909,
    "c": 0.18184,
    "h": 272.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E36AA

secondary

#C3BD71

accent

#D747E1

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFEBF8

border

#CAC6D1

text

#0B0713

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E36AA

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

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