#35178B#35178B

#35178B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.9% C 0.173 H 284.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#35178B
RGB	rgb(53, 23, 139)
HSL	hsl(256, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(256, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 83.5%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.95, 44.48, -58.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.95, 73.31, 307.36°)
OKLab	oklab(33.88% 0.0422 -0.168)
OKLCH	oklch(33.88% 0.173 284.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.4334, 3.2333, 24.7062)
Luminance	0.0323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#35178B #6D8B17

analogous

#17338B #35178B #6F178B

triadic

#35178B #8B3517 #178B35

tetradic

#35178B #8B1733 #6D8B17 #178B6F

square

#35178B #8B1733 #6D8B17 #178B6F

split-complementary

#35178B #8B6F17 #338B17

monochromatic

#0D0622 #210E56 #35178B #4920C0 #673DDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.75

#35178B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#35178B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #35178B

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##35178B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##35178B	1.00	12.75	1.65	12.75
#FFFFFF	12.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00368E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003B52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #35178b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(53, 23, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.9% 0.173 284.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7859ae',
    500: '#35178b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #35178b;
$custom-light: #7859ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#35178b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 53,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.517,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33884,
    "c": 0.17319,
    "h": 284.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#35178B

secondary

#9EBF3F

accent

#EE39C0

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F5

border

#C9C5CF

text

#0A0410

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #35178B

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →