#36499C#36499C

#36499C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.137 H 270.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36499C
RGB	rgb(54, 73, 156)
HSL	hsl(229, 49%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(229, 65%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 53.2%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.88, 20.29, -47.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.88, 51.75, 293.08°)
OKLab	oklab(43.76% 0.0004 -0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(43.76% 0.137 270.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.9026, 7.9488, 32.4585)
Luminance	0.0795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36499C #9C8936

analogous

#367C9C #36499C #56369C

triadic

#36499C #9C3649 #499C36

tetradic

#36499C #9C367C #9C8936 #369C56

square

#36499C #9C367C #9C8936 #369C56

split-complementary

#36499C #9C5636 #7C9C36

monochromatic

#171E41 #26346F #36499C #4E63C2 #7B8BD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.11

#36499C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#36499C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #36499C

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36499C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##36499C	1.00	8.11	2.59	8.11
#FFFFFF	8.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#15549F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004B9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36499c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 73, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.137 270.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#787bba',
    500: '#36499c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36499c;
$custom-light: #787bba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36499c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.824,
    "s": 48.571,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43758,
    "c": 0.13662,
    "h": 270.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36499C

secondary

#BAAD74

accent

#BF50D8

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEDF6

border

#C9C8D0

text

#0A0912

muted

#7C7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #36499C

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

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