#36168D#36168D

#36168D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.176 H 284.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36168D
RGB	rgb(54, 22, 141)
HSL	hsl(256, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(256, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 84.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.13, 45.60, -59.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.13, 74.74, 307.60°)
OKLab	oklab(34.1% 0.0436 -0.1707)
OKLCH	oklch(34.1% 0.176 284.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.6145, 3.2807, 25.4788)
Luminance	0.0328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36168D #6D8D16

analogous

#16328D #36168D #71168D

triadic

#36168D #8D3616 #168D36

tetradic

#36168D #8D1632 #6D8D16 #168D71

square

#36168D #8D1632 #6D8D16 #168D71

split-complementary

#36168D #8D7116 #328D16

monochromatic

#0D0523 #220E58 #36168D #4A1EC2 #693DE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.68

#36168D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#36168D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #36168D

12.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36168D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##36168D	1.00	12.68	1.66	12.68
#FFFFFF	12.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003690

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003B53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36168d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 22, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.176 284.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7959b0',
    500: '#36168d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36168d;
$custom-light: #7959b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36168d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.134,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34099,
    "c": 0.17619,
    "h": 284.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36168D

secondary

#9DC13E

accent

#F038BE

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EEE9F6

border

#C9C5D0

text

#0A0411

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #36168D

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

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