#3B36C8#3B36C8

#3B36C8 is a dark, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.216 H 274.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B36C8
RGB	rgb(59, 54, 200)
HSL	hsl(242, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(242, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 73%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.43, 48.11, -74.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.43, 88.65, 302.87°)
OKLab	oklab(44.67% 0.0177 -0.2153)
OKLCH	oklch(44.67% 0.216 274.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.5447, 7.7370, 55.4120)
Luminance	0.0774 (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

#3B36C8 #C3C836

analogous

#367AC8 #3B36C8 #8436C8

triadic

#3B36C8 #C83B36 #36C83B

tetradic

#3B36C8 #C8367A #C3C836 #36C884

square

#3B36C8 #C8367A #C3C836 #36C884

split-complementary

#3B36C8 #C88436 #7AC836

monochromatic

#1F1C68 #2D2998 #3B36C8 #6966D6 #9896E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.24

#3B36C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#3B36C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B36C8

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B36C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B36C8	1.00	8.24	2.55	8.24
#FFFFFF	8.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0055CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00607C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b36c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 54, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.216 274.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856fda',
    500: '#3b36c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b36c8;
$custom-light: #856fda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b36c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.055,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44666,
    "c": 0.21602,
    "h": 274.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B36C8

secondary

#CCCE8C

accent

#E147DB

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F1ECFB

border

#CBC7D4

text

#0D0715

muted

#7E7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B36C8

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

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