#36168E#36168E

#36168E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 34.2% C 0.177 H 284.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36168E
RGB	rgb(54, 22, 142)
HSL	hsl(256, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(256, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 84.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.25, 45.89, -59.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.25, 75.26, 307.57°)
OKLab	oklab(34.21% 0.0433 -0.172)
OKLCH	oklch(34.21% 0.177 284.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.6892, 3.3106, 25.8725)
Luminance	0.0331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36168E #6E8E16

analogous

#16328E #36168E #72168E

triadic

#36168E #8E3616 #168E36

tetradic

#36168E #8E1632 #6E8E16 #168E72

square

#36168E #8E1632 #6E8E16 #168E72

split-complementary

#36168E #8E7216 #328E16

monochromatic

#0E0624 #220E59 #36168E #4A1EC3 #693DE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.63

#36168E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#36168E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #36168E

12.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36168E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##36168E	1.00	12.63	1.66	12.63
#FFFFFF	12.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003691

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003C54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36168e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 22, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.2% 0.177 284.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a59b0',
    500: '#36168e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36168e;
$custom-light: #7a59b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36168e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34209,
    "c": 0.17734,
    "h": 284.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36168E

secondary

#9EC13F

accent

#F038BF

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EEE9F6

border

#C9C5D0

text

#0A0411

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #36168E

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

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