#36229B#36229B

#36229B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.182 H 280.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36229B
RGB	rgb(54, 34, 155)
HSL	hsl(250, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(250, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 78.1%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.62, 44.10, -62.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.62, 76.18, 305.38°)
OKLab	oklab(36.97% 0.0323 -0.1793)
OKLCH	oklch(36.97% 0.182 280.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.0079, 4.2943, 31.4109)
Luminance	0.0430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36229B #879B22

analogous

#224B9B #36229B #72229B

triadic

#36229B #9B3622 #229B36

tetradic

#36229B #9B224B #879B22 #229B72

square

#36229B #9B224B #879B22 #229B72

split-complementary

#36229B #9B7222 #4B9B22

monochromatic

#130C37 #251769 #36229B #472DCD #715CDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.30

#36229B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#36229B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #36229B

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36229B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##36229B	1.00	11.30	1.86	11.30
#FFFFFF	11.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003699

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00465E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36229b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 34, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.182 280.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b60ba',
    500: '#36229b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36229b;
$custom-light: #7b60ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36229b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.917,
    "s": 64.021,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36972,
    "c": 0.18218,
    "h": 280.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36229B

secondary

#AFC059

accent

#E741CC

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #36229B

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

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