#36157B#36157B

#36157B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 32.0% C 0.156 H 288.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36157B
RGB	rgb(54, 21, 123)
HSL	hsl(259, 71%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(259, 83%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 82.9%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.02, 40.86, -51.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.02, 65.63, 308.50°)
OKLab	oklab(32.05% 0.0507 -0.1477)
OKLCH	oklch(32.05% 0.156 288.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.3636, 2.7504, 18.9833)
Luminance	0.0275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36157B #5A7B15

analogous

#15277B #36157B #69157B

triadic

#36157B #7B3615 #157B36

tetradic

#36157B #7B1527 #5A7B15 #157B69

square

#36157B #7B1527 #5A7B15 #157B69

split-complementary

#36157B #7B6915 #277B15

monochromatic

#0B041A #1F0C47 #36157B #4D1EAF #672FDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.55

#36157B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.55

#36157B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #36157B

13.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36157B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##36157B	1.00	13.55	1.55	13.55
#FFFFFF	13.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00307E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002C79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1A3348

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36157b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 21, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.0% 0.156 288.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7657a2',
    500: '#36157b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36157b;
$custom-light: #7657a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36157b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.412,
    "s": 70.833,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32049,
    "c": 0.15621,
    "h": 288.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36157B

secondary

#8BB03B

accent

#EE3AB4

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#09030F

muted

#7B787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #36157B

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

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