#3236A4#3236A4

#3236A4 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.173 H 274.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3236A4
RGB	rgb(50, 54, 164)
HSL	hsl(238, 53%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(238, 70%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 67.1%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.40, 34.98, -59.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.40, 69.22, 300.35°)
OKLab	oklab(40.58% 0.0121 -0.1725)
OKLCH	oklch(40.58% 0.173 274)
XYZ	xyz(9.3332, 5.9959, 35.7802)
Luminance	0.0600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.75

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3236A4 #A4A032

analogous

#326FA4 #3236A4 #6732A4

triadic

#3236A4 #A43236 #36A432

tetradic

#3236A4 #A4326F #A4A032 #32A467

square

#3236A4 #A4326F #A4A032 #32A467

split-complementary

#3236A4 #A46732 #6FA432

monochromatic

#151746 #242775 #3236A4 #4B4FC8 #7A7DD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.55

#3236A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#3236A4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3236A4

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3236A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3236A4	1.00	9.55	2.20	9.55
#FFFFFF	9.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0040A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005368

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3236a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(50, 54, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.173 274.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a6dc0',
    500: '#3236a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3236a4;
$custom-light: #7a6dc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3236a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 50,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.895,
    "s": 53.271,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40577,
    "c": 0.17294,
    "h": 274
  },
  "luminance": 0.05997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3236A4

secondary

#BFBC73

accent

#D84BDD

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF7

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0A0712

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3236A4

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

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