#2E36B5#2E36B5

#2E36B5 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.196 H 271.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E36B5
RGB	rgb(46, 54, 181)
HSL	hsl(236, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(236, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 70.2%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.77, 40.46, -67.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.77, 78.85, 300.87°)
OKLab	oklab(41.99% 0.0056 -0.1958)
OKLCH	oklch(41.99% 0.196 271.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.7835, 6.5542, 44.4039)
Luminance	0.0655 (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

#2E36B5 #B5AD2E

analogous

#2E7AB5 #2E36B5 #692EB5

triadic

#2E36B5 #B52E36 #36B52E

tetradic

#2E36B5 #B52E7A #B5AD2E #2EB569

square

#2E36B5 #B52E7A #B5AD2E #2EB569

split-complementary

#2E36B5 #B5692E #7AB52E

monochromatic

#151953 #222784 #2E36B5 #4E56D2 #7F85DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.09

#2E36B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#2E36B5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E36B5

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E36B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E36B5	1.00	9.09	2.31	9.09
#FFFFFF	9.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005971

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e36b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 54, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.196 271.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c6ecc',
    500: '#2e36b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e36b5;
$custom-light: #7c6ecc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e36b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.444,
    "s": 59.471,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41992,
    "c": 0.19591,
    "h": 271.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E36B5

secondary

#C7C278

accent

#D945E3

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFECF9

border

#CAC7D2

text

#0B0714

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E36B5

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

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