#36499B#36499B

#36499B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.135 H 270.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36499B
RGB	rgb(54, 73, 155)
HSL	hsl(229, 48%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(229, 65%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 52.9%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.81, 19.93, -47.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.81, 51.16, 292.92°)
OKLab	oklab(43.68% 0.0003 -0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(43.68% 0.135 270.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.8183, 7.9150, 32.0143)
Luminance	0.0792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36499B #9B8836

analogous

#367B9B #36499B #55369B

triadic

#36499B #9B3649 #499B36

tetradic

#36499B #9B367B #9B8836 #369B55

square

#36499B #9B367B #9B8836 #369B55

split-complementary

#36499B #9B5536 #7B9B36

monochromatic

#161E40 #26346E #36499B #4D63C1 #7B8BD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.13

#36499B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#36499B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #36499B

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36499B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##36499B	1.00	8.13	2.58	8.13
#FFFFFF	8.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#17549E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004B99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36499b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 73, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.135 270.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#787bb9',
    500: '#36499b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36499b;
$custom-light: #787bb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36499b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.713,
    "s": 48.325,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43682,
    "c": 0.13518,
    "h": 270.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36499B

secondary

#BAAC73

accent

#BE50D8

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEDF6

border

#C9C8D0

text

#0A0911

muted

#7C7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #36499B

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

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