#4236AC#4236AC

#4236AC is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.180 H 280.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4236AC
RGB	rgb(66, 54, 172)
HSL	hsl(246, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(246, 69%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 68.6%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.29, 39.91, -61.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.29, 73.24, 303.02°)
OKLab	oklab(42.46% 0.0314 -0.177)
OKLCH	oklch(42.46% 0.18 280.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.0100, 6.7743, 39.7491)
Luminance	0.0678 (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

#4236AC #A0AC36

analogous

#3665AC #4236AC #7D36AC

triadic

#4236AC #AC4236 #36AC42

tetradic

#4236AC #AC3665 #A0AC36 #36AC7D

square

#4236AC #AC3665 #A0AC36 #36AC7D

split-complementary

#4236AC #AC7D36 #65AC36

monochromatic

#1E194F #30277D #4236AC #6155CA #8D84D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.92

#4236AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#4236AC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4236AC

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4236AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4236AC	1.00	8.92	2.36	8.92
#FFFFFF	8.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004EB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00556C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4236ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 54, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.180 280.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#836ec6',
    500: '#4236ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4236ac;
$custom-light: #836ec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4236ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.102,
    "s": 52.212,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42462,
    "c": 0.17975,
    "h": 280.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4236AC

secondary

#BBC27C

accent

#DC4CCD

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0C0713

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4236AC

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

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