#3B36CB#3B36CB

#3B36CB is a dark, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 45.0% C 0.220 H 274.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B36CB
RGB	rgb(59, 54, 203)
HSL	hsl(242, 59%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(242, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 73.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.73, 49.07, -75.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.73, 90.22, 302.95°)
OKLab	oklab(44.97% 0.0172 -0.2189)
OKLCH	oklch(44.97% 0.22 274.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.8987, 7.8786, 57.2766)
Luminance	0.0788 (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

#3B36CB #C6CB36

analogous

#367CCB #3B36CB #8536CB

triadic

#3B36CB #CB3B36 #36CB3B

tetradic

#3B36CB #CB367C #C6CB36 #36CB85

square

#3B36CB #CB367C #C6CB36 #36CB85

split-complementary

#3B36CB #CB8536 #7CCB36

monochromatic

#1E1C6B #2C289C #3B36CB #6A67D8 #9A97E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.15

#3B36CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#3B36CB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B36CB

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B36CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B36CB	1.00	8.15	2.58	8.15
#FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00617E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b36cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 54, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.0% 0.220 274.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866fdc',
    500: '#3b36cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b36cb;
$custom-light: #866fdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b36cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242.013,
    "s": 58.893,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44968,
    "c": 0.21962,
    "h": 274.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B36CB

secondary

#CDD08D

accent

#E246DD

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F1ECFB

border

#CBC7D4

text

#0D0715

muted

#7E7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B36CB

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

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