#3236A3#3236A3

#3236A3 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.172 H 274.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3236A3
RGB	rgb(50, 54, 163)
HSL	hsl(238, 53%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(238, 69%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 66.9%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.31, 34.62, -59.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.31, 68.65, 300.29°)
OKLab	oklab(40.48% 0.0122 -0.1712)
OKLCH	oklch(40.48% 0.172 274.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.2432, 5.9599, 35.3065)
Luminance	0.0596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.87

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3236A3 #A39F32

analogous

#326FA3 #3236A3 #6732A3

triadic

#3236A3 #A33236 #36A332

tetradic

#3236A3 #A3326F #A39F32 #32A367

square

#3236A3 #A3326F #A39F32 #32A367

split-complementary

#3236A3 #A36732 #6FA332

monochromatic

#151745 #242674 #3236A3 #4B4FC8 #797DD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.58

#3236A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#3236A3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3236A3

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3236A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3236A3	1.00	9.58	2.19	9.58
#FFFFFF	9.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0040A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005367

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3236a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(50, 54, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.172 274.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#796dbf',
    500: '#3236a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3236a3;
$custom-light: #796dbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3236a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 50,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.876,
    "s": 53.052,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40483,
    "c": 0.17162,
    "h": 274.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3236A3

secondary

#BFBC72

accent

#D74BDC

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF7

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0A0712

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3236A3

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

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