#36166B#36166B

#36166B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 30.5% C 0.136 H 293.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36166B
RGB	rgb(54, 22, 107)
HSL	hsl(263, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(263, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.5%, 79.4%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.55, 35.75, -43.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.55, 56.25, 309.46°)
OKLab	oklab(30.53% 0.0551 -0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(30.53% 0.136 293.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.4613, 2.4195, 14.1390)
Luminance	0.0242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36166B #4B6B16

analogous

#16216B #36166B #60166B

triadic

#36166B #6B3616 #166B36

tetradic

#36166B #6B1621 #4B6B16 #166B60

square

#36166B #6B1621 #4B6B16 #166B60

split-complementary

#36166B #6B6016 #216B16

monochromatic

#0D0519 #1C0C38 #36166B #50209E #692BD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.15

#36166B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#36166B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #36166B

14.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36166B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##36166B	1.00	14.15	1.48	14.15
#FFFFFF	14.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002A69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#262D3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36166b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 22, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.5% 0.136 293.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#735796',
    500: '#36166b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36166b;
$custom-light: #735796;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36166b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.588,
    "s": 65.891,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30533,
    "c": 0.13617,
    "h": 293.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36166B

secondary

#7BA13B

accent

#E93FA9

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#09030D

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #36166B

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

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