#36499E#36499E

#36499E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.140 H 270.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36499E
RGB	rgb(54, 73, 158)
HSL	hsl(229, 49%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(229, 66%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 53.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.02, 21.02, -48.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.02, 52.94, 293.40°)
OKLab	oklab(43.91% 0.0006 -0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(43.91% 0.14 270.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.0733, 8.0171, 33.3577)
Luminance	0.0802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36499E #9E8B36

analogous

#367D9E #36499E #57369E

triadic

#36499E #9E3649 #499E36

tetradic

#36499E #9E367D #9E8B36 #369E57

square

#36499E #9E367D #9E8B36 #369E57

split-complementary

#36499E #9E5736 #7D9E36

monochromatic

#171F43 #263470 #36499E #4F64C3 #7C8CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.07

#36499E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#36499E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #36499E

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36499E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##36499E	1.00	8.07	2.60	8.07
#FFFFFF	8.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1155A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004C9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005D6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36499e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 73, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.140 270.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#797bbb',
    500: '#36499e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36499e;
$custom-light: #797bbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36499e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.038,
    "s": 49.057,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43911,
    "c": 0.1395,
    "h": 270.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36499E

secondary

#BBAE74

accent

#C04FD9

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EEEDF6

border

#C9C8D0

text

#0A0912

muted

#7C7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #36499E

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

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