#3236A8#3236A8

#3236A8 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.178 H 273.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3236A8
RGB	rgb(50, 54, 168)
HSL	hsl(238, 54%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(238, 70%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.2%, 67.9%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.77, 36.38, -61.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.77, 71.49, 300.59°)
OKLab	oklab(40.96% 0.0117 -0.1778)
OKLCH	oklch(40.96% 0.178 273.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.7001, 6.1427, 37.7127)
Luminance	0.0614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.31

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3236A8 #A8A432

analogous

#3271A8 #3236A8 #6932A8

triadic

#3236A8 #A83236 #36A832

tetradic

#3236A8 #A83271 #A8A432 #32A869

square

#3236A8 #A83271 #A8A432 #32A869

split-complementary

#3236A8 #A86932 #71A832

monochromatic

#16184A #242779 #3236A8 #4D51CA #7C7FD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.42

#3236A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#3236A8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3236A8

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3236A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3236A8	1.00	9.42	2.23	9.42
#FFFFFF	9.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00546A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3236a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(50, 54, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.178 273.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a6dc3',
    500: '#3236a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3236a8;
$custom-light: #7a6dc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3236a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 50,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.966,
    "s": 54.128,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40956,
    "c": 0.17819,
    "h": 273.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3236A8

secondary

#C1BE75

accent

#D94ADD

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFEBF8

border

#CAC6D1

text

#0B0713

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3236A8

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

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