#36499D#36499D

#36499D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.138 H 270.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36499D
RGB	rgb(54, 73, 157)
HSL	hsl(229, 49%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(229, 66%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 53.5%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.95, 20.66, -48.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.95, 52.35, 293.24°)
OKLab	oklab(43.83% 0.0005 -0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(43.83% 0.138 270.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.9876, 7.9828, 32.9062)
Luminance	0.0798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36499D #9D8A36

analogous

#367D9D #36499D #57369D

triadic

#36499D #9D3649 #499D36

tetradic

#36499D #9D367D #9D8A36 #369D57

square

#36499D #9D367D #9D8A36 #369D57

split-complementary

#36499D #9D5736 #7D9D36

monochromatic

#171F42 #26346F #36499D #4E63C2 #7C8CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.09

#36499D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#36499D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #36499D

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36499D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##36499D	1.00	8.09	2.60	8.09
#FFFFFF	8.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1355A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004B9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005D6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36499d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 73, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.138 270.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36499d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.932,
    "s": 48.815,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43834,
    "c": 0.13806,
    "h": 270.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36499D

secondary

#BBAE74

accent

#BF4FD8

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEDF6

border

#C9C8D0

text

#0A0912

muted

#7C7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #36499D

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

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