#3B36CC#3B36CC

#3B36CC is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 45.1% C 0.221 H 274.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3B36CC
RGB	rgb(59, 54, 204)
HSL	hsl(242, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(242, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 73.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.83, 49.39, -76.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.83, 90.75, 302.98°)
OKLab	oklab(45.07% 0.017 -0.2202)
OKLCH	oklch(45.07% 0.221 274.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.0183, 7.9264, 57.9062)
Luminance	0.0793 (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

#3B36CC #C7CC36

analogous

#367CCC #3B36CC #8636CC

triadic

#3B36CC #CC3B36 #36CC3B

tetradic

#3B36CC #CC367C #C7CC36 #36CC86

square

#3B36CC #CC367C #C7CC36 #36CC86

split-complementary

#3B36CC #CC8636 #7CCC36

monochromatic

#1E1B6C #2C289D #3B36CC #6B67D8 #9A98E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.12

#3B36CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#3B36CC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3B36CC

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3B36CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3B36CC	1.00	8.12	2.59	8.12
#FFFFFF	8.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00617E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3b36cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(59, 54, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.1% 0.221 274.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866fdd',
    500: '#3b36cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3b36cc;
$custom-light: #866fdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3b36cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 59,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 242,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4507,
    "c": 0.22081,
    "h": 274.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3B36CC

secondary

#CED08E

accent

#E345DD

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F1ECFB

border

#CBC7D4

text

#0D0715

muted

#7E7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #3B36CC

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

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