#4236A9#4236A9

#4236A9 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.176 H 280.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4236A9
RGB	rgb(66, 54, 169)
HSL	hsl(246, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(246, 68%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 68%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.02, 38.94, -60.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.02, 71.57, 302.96°)
OKLab	oklab(42.19% 0.0319 -0.173)
OKLCH	oklch(42.19% 0.176 280.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.7251, 6.6604, 38.2488)
Luminance	0.0666 (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

#4236A9 #9DA936

analogous

#3663A9 #4236A9 #7B36A9

triadic

#4236A9 #A94236 #36A942

tetradic

#4236A9 #A93663 #9DA936 #36A97B

square

#4236A9 #A93663 #9DA936 #36A97B

split-complementary

#4236A9 #A97B36 #63A936

monochromatic

#1E184C #30277B #4236A9 #6054C8 #8B82D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.00

#4236A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#4236A9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4236A9

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4236A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4236A9	1.00	9.00	2.33	9.00
#FFFFFF	9.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00546B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4236a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 54, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.176 280.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826ec4',
    500: '#4236a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4236a9;
$custom-light: #826ec4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4236a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.261,
    "s": 51.57,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42188,
    "c": 0.17589,
    "h": 280.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4236A9

secondary

#B9C17A

accent

#DB4DCC

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0C0713

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4236A9

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

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