#36157A#36157A

#36157A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.9% C 0.155 H 289.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36157A
RGB	rgb(54, 21, 122)
HSL	hsl(260, 71%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(260, 83%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.7%, 82.8%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.91, 40.57, -50.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.91, 65.08, 308.56°)
OKLab	oklab(31.94% 0.0511 -0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(31.94% 0.155 289.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.3013, 2.7255, 18.6553)
Luminance	0.0273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36157A #597A15

analogous

#15267A #36157A #68157A

triadic

#36157A #7A3615 #157A36

tetradic

#36157A #7A1526 #597A15 #157A68

square

#36157A #7A1526 #597A15 #157A68

split-complementary

#36157A #7A6815 #267A15

monochromatic

#0C041A #1F0C46 #36157A #4D1EAE #672EDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.59

#36157A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.55

#36157A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #36157A

13.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36157A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##36157A	1.00	13.59	1.55	13.59
#FFFFFF	13.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00307D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002B78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B3348

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36157a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 21, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.9% 0.155 289.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7657a1',
    500: '#36157a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36157a;
$custom-light: #7657a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36157a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.604,
    "s": 70.629,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31944,
    "c": 0.15504,
    "h": 289.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36157A

secondary

#8AAF3B

accent

#ED3AB3

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#09030F

muted

#7B787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #36157A

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

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