#36169E#36169E

#36169E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.195 H 281.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36169E
RGB	rgb(54, 22, 158)
HSL	hsl(254, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(254, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 86.1%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.09, 50.44, -66.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.09, 83.45, 307.18°)
OKLab	oklab(36.01% 0.0374 -0.1918)
OKLCH	oklch(36.01% 0.195 281)
XYZ	xyz(7.9778, 3.8261, 32.6592)
Luminance	0.0383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36169E #7E9E16

analogous

#163A9E #36169E #7A169E

triadic

#36169E #9E3616 #169E36

tetradic

#36169E #9E163A #7E9E16 #169E7A

square

#36169E #9E163A #7E9E16 #169E7A

split-complementary

#36169E #9E7A16 #3A9E16

monochromatic

#110733 #240F68 #36169E #481DD4 #6E49E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.90

#36169E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#36169E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #36169E

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36169E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##36169E	1.00	11.90	1.77	11.90
#FFFFFF	11.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003BA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00329C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00425D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36169e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 22, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.195 281.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d5bbc',
    500: '#36169e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36169e;
$custom-light: #7d5bbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36169e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.118,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3601,
    "c": 0.19546,
    "h": 281
  },
  "luminance": 0.03827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36169E

secondary

#A9C749

accent

#F236C6

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFE9F7

border

#CAC5D0

text

#0B0412

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #36169E

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

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