#36165B#36165B

#36165B is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 29.0% C 0.117 H 300.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36165B
RGB	rgb(54, 22, 91)
HSL	hsl(268, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(268, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 75.8%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.07, 31.16, -35.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.07, 47.06, 311.46°)
OKLab	oklab(29.03% 0.059 -0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(29.03% 0.117 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.6961, 2.1134, 10.1087)
Luminance	0.0211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Dark Indigo

#1F0954

ΔE00 4.68

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36165B #3B5B16

analogous

#16195B #36165B #59165B

triadic

#36165B #5B3616 #165B36

tetradic

#36165B #5B1619 #3B5B16 #165B59

square

#36165B #5B1619 #3B5B16 #165B59

split-complementary

#36165B #5B5916 #195B16

monochromatic

#0F0619 #190A2A #36165B #53228C #702EBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.76

#36165B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#36165B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #36165B

14.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36165B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##36165B	1.00	14.76	1.42	14.76
#FFFFFF	14.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00285D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00275A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E2736

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36165b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 22, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.0% 0.117 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71568a',
    500: '#36165b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36165b;
$custom-light: #71568a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36165b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.826,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2903,
    "c": 0.1166,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36165B

secondary

#6A923B

accent

#E4449A

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#08030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #36165B

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

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