#36156D#36156D

#36156D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 30.6% C 0.140 H 293.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36156D
RGB	rgb(54, 21, 109)
HSL	hsl(263, 68%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(263, 81%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.5%, 80.7%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.57, 36.82, -44.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.57, 57.91, 309.48°)
OKLab	oklab(30.61% 0.0553 -0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(30.61% 0.14 293.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.5490, 2.4246, 14.6933)
Luminance	0.0243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36156D #4C6D15

analogous

#15206D #36156D #62156D

triadic

#36156D #6D3615 #156D36

tetradic

#36156D #6D1520 #4C6D15 #156D62

square

#36156D #6D1520 #4C6D15 #156D62

split-complementary

#36156D #6D6215 #206D15

monochromatic

#0D051A #1D0B3A #36156D #4F1FA0 #6929D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.14

#36156D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.49

#36156D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #36156D

14.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36156D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##36156D	1.00	14.14	1.49	14.14
#FFFFFF	14.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00296B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#252D40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36156d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 21, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.6% 0.140 293.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#745798',
    500: '#36156d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36156d;
$custom-light: #745798;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36156d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.5,
    "s": 67.692,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3061,
    "c": 0.13969,
    "h": 293.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36156D

secondary

#7CA33A

accent

#EB3DAA

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#09030E

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #36156D

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

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