#2E36B6#2E36B6

#2E36B6 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.197 H 271.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E36B6
RGB	rgb(46, 54, 182)
HSL	hsl(236, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(236, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 70.3%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.87, 40.81, -68.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.87, 79.40, 300.93°)
OKLab	oklab(42.09% 0.0055 -0.1971)
OKLCH	oklch(42.09% 0.197 271.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.8865, 6.5954, 44.9462)
Luminance	0.0660 (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

#2E36B6 #B6AE2E

analogous

#2E7AB6 #2E36B6 #6A2EB6

triadic

#2E36B6 #B62E36 #36B62E

tetradic

#2E36B6 #B62E7A #B6AE2E #2EB66A

square

#2E36B6 #B62E7A #B6AE2E #2EB66A

split-complementary

#2E36B6 #B66A2E #7AB62E

monochromatic

#151954 #222885 #2E36B6 #4F56D2 #8085DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.05

#2E36B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#2E36B6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E36B6

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E36B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E36B6	1.00	9.05	2.32	9.05
#FFFFFF	9.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e36b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 54, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.197 271.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c6ecd',
    500: '#2e36b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e36b6;
$custom-light: #7c6ecd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e36b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.471,
    "s": 59.649,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42092,
    "c": 0.19717,
    "h": 271.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E36B6

secondary

#C8C378

accent

#DA45E3

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFECF9

border

#CAC7D2

text

#0B0714

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E36B6

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

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