#3A36CA#3A36CA

#3A36CA is a dark, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.219 H 274.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3A36CA
RGB	rgb(58, 54, 202)
HSL	hsl(242, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(242, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 73.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.56, 48.65, -75.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.56, 89.74, 302.83°)
OKLab	oklab(44.81% 0.0161 -0.2181)
OKLCH	oklch(44.81% 0.219 274.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.7212, 7.8008, 56.6482)
Luminance	0.0780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3A36CA #C6CA36

analogous

#367CCA #3A36CA #8436CA

triadic

#3A36CA #CA3A36 #36CA3A

tetradic

#3A36CA #CA367C #C6CA36 #36CA84

square

#3A36CA #CA367C #C6CA36 #36CA84

split-complementary

#3A36CA #CA8436 #7CCA36

monochromatic

#1E1C6A #2C299A #3A36CA #6966D7 #9997E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.20

#3A36CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#3A36CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3A36CA

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3A36CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3A36CA	1.00	8.20	2.56	8.20
#FFFFFF	8.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00607D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3a36ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(58, 54, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.219 274.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856fdb',
    500: '#3a36ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3a36ca;
$custom-light: #856fdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3a36ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 58,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.622,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44805,
    "c": 0.21867,
    "h": 274.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3A36CA

secondary

#CDCF8D

accent

#E146DD

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F1ECFB

border

#CBC7D4

text

#0D0715

muted

#7E7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3A36CA

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

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