#3236B4#3236B4

#3236B4 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.194 H 273.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3236B4
RGB	rgb(50, 54, 180)
HSL	hsl(238, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(238, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 70%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.90, 40.53, -66.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.90, 78.18, 301.23°)
OKLab	oklab(42.12% 0.0102 -0.1933)
OKLCH	oklch(42.12% 0.194 273)
XYZ	xyz(10.8700, 6.6106, 43.8743)
Luminance	0.0661 (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

#3236B4 #B4B032

analogous

#3277B4 #3236B4 #6F32B4

triadic

#3236B4 #B43236 #36B432

tetradic

#3236B4 #B43277 #B4B032 #32B46F

square

#3236B4 #B43277 #B4B032 #32B46F

split-complementary

#3236B4 #B46F32 #77B432

monochromatic

#171954 #252884 #3236B4 #5458CF #8486DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.04

#3236B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#3236B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3236B4

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3236B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3236B4	1.00	9.04	2.32	9.04
#FFFFFF	9.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005971

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3236b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(50, 54, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.194 273.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d6ecc',
    500: '#3236b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3236b4;
$custom-light: #7d6ecc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3236b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 50,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.154,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4212,
    "c": 0.19361,
    "h": 273
  },
  "luminance": 0.06612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3236B4

secondary

#C6C47C

accent

#DB48E0

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#EFECF9

border

#CAC7D2

text

#0B0713

muted

#7C7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #3236B4

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

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