#4236AE#4236AE

#4236AE is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.182 H 279.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4236AE
RGB	rgb(66, 54, 174)
HSL	hsl(246, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(246, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 69%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.47, 40.56, -62.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.47, 74.35, 303.06°)
OKLab	oklab(42.65% 0.0311 -0.1796)
OKLCH	oklch(42.65% 0.182 279.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.2035, 6.8517, 40.7683)
Luminance	0.0685 (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

#4236AE #A2AE36

analogous

#3666AE #4236AE #7E36AE

triadic

#4236AE #AE4236 #36AE42

tetradic

#4236AE #AE3666 #A2AE36 #36AE7E

square

#4236AE #AE3666 #A2AE36 #36AE7E

split-complementary

#4236AE #AE7E36 #66AE36

monochromatic

#1F1951 #30287F #4236AE #6256CB #8E85D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.86

#4236AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#4236AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4236AE

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4236AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4236AE	1.00	8.86	2.37	8.86
#FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00566D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4236ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 54, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.182 279.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#836ec7',
    500: '#4236ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4236ae;
$custom-light: #836ec7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4236ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42646,
    "c": 0.1823,
    "h": 279.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4236AE

secondary

#BCC37D

accent

#DC4CCE

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0C0713

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4236AE

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

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