#36168A#36168A

#36168A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.173 H 285.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36168A
RGB	rgb(54, 22, 138)
HSL	hsl(257, 73%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(257, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 84.1%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.80, 44.74, -57.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.80, 73.17, 307.69°)
OKLab	oklab(33.77% 0.0447 -0.1668)
OKLCH	oklch(33.77% 0.173 285)
XYZ	xyz(6.3943, 3.1927, 24.3191)
Luminance	0.0319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36168A #6A8A16

analogous

#16308A #36168A #70168A

triadic

#36168A #8A3616 #168A36

tetradic

#36168A #8A1630 #6A8A16 #168A70

square

#36168A #8A1630 #6A8A16 #168A70

split-complementary

#36168A #8A7016 #308A16

monochromatic

#0D0520 #210E55 #36168A #4B1EBF #683BE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.82

#36168A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#36168A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #36168A

12.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36168A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##36168A	1.00	12.82	1.64	12.82
#FFFFFF	12.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00358D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002E88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#013A51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36168a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 22, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.173 285.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7959ad',
    500: '#36168a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36168a;
$custom-light: #7959ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36168a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.552,
    "s": 72.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33769,
    "c": 0.17274,
    "h": 285
  },
  "luminance": 0.03193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36168A

secondary

#9BBE3E

accent

#EF39BD

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A0410

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #36168A

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

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