#36157C#36157C

#36157C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 32.2% C 0.157 H 288.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36157C
RGB	rgb(54, 21, 124)
HSL	hsl(259, 71%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(259, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 83.1%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.12, 41.14, -51.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.12, 66.17, 308.45°)
OKLab	oklab(32.16% 0.0504 -0.1491)
OKLCH	oklch(32.16% 0.157 288.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.4265, 2.7756, 19.3147)
Luminance	0.0278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36157C #5B7C15

analogous

#15287C #36157C #69157C

triadic

#36157C #7C3615 #157C36

tetradic

#36157C #7C1528 #5B7C15 #157C69

square

#36157C #7C1528 #5B7C15 #157C69

split-complementary

#36157C #7C6915 #287C15

monochromatic

#0B041A #1F0C48 #36157C #4D1EB0 #6730DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.50

#36157C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#36157C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #36157C

13.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36157C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##36157C	1.00	13.50	1.56	13.50
#FFFFFF	13.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00307F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002C7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#193449

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36157c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 21, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.2% 0.157 288.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7658a3',
    500: '#36157c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36157c;
$custom-light: #7658a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36157c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.223,
    "s": 71.034,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32155,
    "c": 0.15737,
    "h": 288.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36157C

secondary

#8CB13C

accent

#EE3AB4

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#09030F

muted

#7B787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #36157C

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

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