#36239B#36239B

#36239B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.181 H 280.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36239B
RGB	rgb(54, 35, 155)
HSL	hsl(250, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(250, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 77.4%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.80, 43.58, -61.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.80, 75.63, 305.19°)
OKLab	oklab(37.1% 0.0317 -0.1784)
OKLCH	oklch(37.1% 0.181 280.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.0369, 4.3523, 31.4205)
Luminance	0.0435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36239B #889B23

analogous

#234C9B #36239B #72239B

triadic

#36239B #9B3623 #239B36

tetradic

#36239B #9B234C #889B23 #239B72

square

#36239B #9B234C #889B23 #239B72

split-complementary

#36239B #9B7223 #4C9B23

monochromatic

#130C37 #251869 #36239B #472ECD #725EDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.23

#36239B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#36239B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #36239B

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36239B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##36239B	1.00	11.23	1.87	11.23
#FFFFFF	11.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003699

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00465E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36239b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 35, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.181 280.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b61ba',
    500: '#36239b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36239b;
$custom-light: #7b61ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36239b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.5,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.371,
    "c": 0.18121,
    "h": 280.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36239B

secondary

#AFBF5A

accent

#E642CC

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #36239B

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

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