#4236A8#4236A8

#4236A8 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.175 H 280.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4236A8
RGB	rgb(66, 54, 168)
HSL	hsl(246, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(246, 68%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 67.9%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.93, 38.61, -59.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.93, 71.01, 302.94°)
OKLab	oklab(42.1% 0.032 -0.1716)
OKLCH	oklch(42.1% 0.175 280.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.6316, 6.6230, 37.7563)
Luminance	0.0662 (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

#4236A8 #9CA836

analogous

#3663A8 #4236A8 #7B36A8

triadic

#4236A8 #A84236 #36A842

tetradic

#4236A8 #A83663 #9CA836 #36A87B

square

#4236A8 #A83663 #9CA836 #36A87B

split-complementary

#4236A8 #A87B36 #63A836

monochromatic

#1E184B #30277A #4236A8 #6053C8 #8B82D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.03

#4236A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#4236A8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4236A8

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4236A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4236A8	1.00	9.03	2.32	9.03
#FFFFFF	9.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00546A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4236a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 54, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.175 280.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826ec3',
    500: '#4236a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4236a8;
$custom-light: #826ec3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4236a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.316,
    "s": 51.351,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42097,
    "c": 0.17461,
    "h": 280.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4236A8

secondary

#B9C07A

accent

#DB4DCC

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0C0713

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4236A8

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

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