#2E36B3#2E36B3

#2E36B3 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.193 H 271.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E36B3
RGB	rgb(46, 54, 179)
HSL	hsl(236, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(236, 74%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 69.8%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.57, 39.76, -66.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.57, 77.75, 300.76°)
OKLab	oklab(41.79% 0.0059 -0.1933)
OKLCH	oklch(41.79% 0.193 271.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.5798, 6.4727, 43.3309)
Luminance	0.0647 (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

#2E36B3 #B3AB2E

analogous

#2E79B3 #2E36B3 #692EB3

triadic

#2E36B3 #B32E36 #36B32E

tetradic

#2E36B3 #B32E79 #B3AB2E #2EB369

square

#2E36B3 #B32E79 #B3AB2E #2EB369

split-complementary

#2E36B3 #B3692E #79B32E

monochromatic

#151952 #212782 #2E36B3 #4D55D1 #7E83DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.15

#2E36B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#2E36B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E36B3

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E36B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E36B3	1.00	9.15	2.29	9.15
#FFFFFF	9.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005870

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e36b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 54, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.193 271.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b6ecb',
    500: '#2e36b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e36b3;
$custom-light: #7b6ecb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e36b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.391,
    "s": 59.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41793,
    "c": 0.19338,
    "h": 271.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E36B3

secondary

#C6C276

accent

#D946E2

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFECF9

border

#CAC7D2

text

#0B0713

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E36B3

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

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