#3236A5#3236A5

#3236A5 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.174 H 273.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3236A5
RGB	rgb(50, 54, 165)
HSL	hsl(238, 53%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(238, 70%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 67.3%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.49, 35.33, -60.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.49, 69.79, 300.41°)
OKLab	oklab(40.67% 0.012 -0.1738)
OKLCH	oklch(40.67% 0.174 273.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.4238, 6.0322, 36.2577)
Luminance	0.0603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.64

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3236A5 #A5A132

analogous

#3270A5 #3236A5 #6832A5

triadic

#3236A5 #A53236 #36A532

tetradic

#3236A5 #A53270 #A5A132 #32A568

square

#3236A5 #A53270 #A5A132 #32A568

split-complementary

#3236A5 #A56832 #70A532

monochromatic

#161747 #242776 #3236A5 #4C50C9 #7B7ED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.52

#3236A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#3236A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3236A5

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3236A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3236A5	1.00	9.52	2.21	9.52
#FFFFFF	9.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0040A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005369

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3236a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(50, 54, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.174 273.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a6dc1',
    500: '#3236a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3236a5;
$custom-light: #7a6dc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3236a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 50,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.913,
    "s": 53.488,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40672,
    "c": 0.17426,
    "h": 273.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3236A5

secondary

#BFBD73

accent

#D84BDD

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFEBF8

border

#CAC6D1

text

#0A0712

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #3236A5

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

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