#33236B#33236B

#33236B is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.1% C 0.119 H 288.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#33236B
RGB	rgb(51, 35, 107)
HSL	hsl(253, 51%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(253, 67%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 67.3%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.91, 27.67, -39.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.91, 48.31, 304.95°)
OKLab	oklab(32.14% 0.0368 -0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(32.14% 0.119 288)
XYZ	xyz(4.6193, 2.9672, 14.2364)
Luminance	0.0297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.25

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#33236B #5B6B23

analogous

#23376B #33236B #57236B

triadic

#33236B #6B3323 #236B33

tetradic

#33236B #6B2337 #5B6B23 #236B57

square

#33236B #6B2337 #5B6B23 #236B57

split-complementary

#33236B #6B5723 #376B23

monochromatic

#0B0817 #1D143D #33236B #493299 #6246C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.18

#33236B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.59

#33236B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #33236B

13.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##33236B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##33236B	1.00	13.18	1.59	13.18
#FFFFFF	13.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00326D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002E6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F3443

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #33236b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(51, 35, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.1% 0.119 288.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#705f96',
    500: '#33236b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #33236b;
$custom-light: #705f96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#33236b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 51,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.333,
    "s": 50.704,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32138,
    "c": 0.11927,
    "h": 288
  },
  "luminance": 0.02967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#33236B

secondary

#8C9E4B

accent

#DA4EBB

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#08040D

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #33236B

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

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