#36158E#36158E

#36158E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.178 H 284.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36158E
RGB	rgb(54, 21, 142)
HSL	hsl(256, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(256, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 85.2%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.11, 46.30, -59.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.11, 75.70, 307.71°)
OKLab	oklab(34.11% 0.0438 -0.1726)
OKLCH	oklch(34.11% 0.178 284.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.6705, 3.2732, 25.8662)
Luminance	0.0327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36158E #6D8E15

analogous

#15308E #36158E #73158E

triadic

#36158E #8E3615 #158E36

tetradic

#36158E #8E1530 #6D8E15 #158E73

square

#36158E #8E1530 #6D8E15 #158E73

split-complementary

#36158E #8E7315 #308E15

monochromatic

#0D0523 #220D59 #36158E #4A1DC3 #693BE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.69

#36158E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#36158E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #36158E

12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36158E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##36158E	1.00	12.69	1.65	12.69
#FFFFFF	12.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003691

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003B53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36158e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 21, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.178 284.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a59b0',
    500: '#36158e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36158e;
$custom-light: #7a59b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36158e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.364,
    "s": 74.233,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34112,
    "c": 0.17811,
    "h": 284.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36158E

secondary

#9DC23D

accent

#F137BE

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFE9F6

border

#CAC5D0

text

#0A0411

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #36158E

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

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