#36157E#36157E

#36157E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 32.4% C 0.160 H 288.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36157E
RGB	rgb(54, 21, 126)
HSL	hsl(259, 71%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(259, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 83.3%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.34, 41.72, -52.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.34, 67.25, 308.34°)
OKLab	oklab(32.37% 0.0496 -0.1518)
OKLCH	oklch(32.37% 0.16 288.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.5543, 2.8267, 19.9876)
Luminance	0.0283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36157E #5D7E15

analogous

#15297E #36157E #6B157E

triadic

#36157E #7E3615 #157E36

tetradic

#36157E #7E1529 #5D7E15 #157E6B

square

#36157E #7E1529 #5D7E15 #157E6B

split-complementary

#36157E #7E6B15 #297E15

monochromatic

#0B041A #200C4A #36157E #4C1EB2 #6731DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.42

#36157E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#36157E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #36157E

13.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36157E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##36157E	1.00	13.42	1.57	13.42
#FFFFFF	13.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003181

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002C7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#17344A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36157e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 21, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.4% 0.160 288.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7758a4',
    500: '#36157e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36157e;
$custom-light: #7758a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36157e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.857,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32367,
    "c": 0.1597,
    "h": 288.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36157E

secondary

#8EB33C

accent

#EE3AB5

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#09030F

muted

#7B787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #36157E

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

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