#36176E#36176E

#36176E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 31.0% C 0.139 H 292.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36176E
RGB	rgb(54, 23, 110)
HSL	hsl(261, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(261, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 79.1%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.02, 36.11, -44.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.02, 57.40, 308.99°)
OKLab	oklab(30.95% 0.0533 -0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(30.95% 0.139 292.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.6414, 2.5227, 14.9912)
Luminance	0.0252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36176E #4F6E17

analogous

#17236E #36176E #61176E

triadic

#36176E #6E3617 #176E36

tetradic

#36176E #6E1723 #4F6E17 #176E61

square

#36176E #6E1723 #4F6E17 #176E61

split-complementary

#36176E #6E6117 #236E17

monochromatic

#0C0519 #1D0C3B #36176E #4F22A1 #682CD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.96

#36176E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.50

#36176E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #36176E

13.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36176E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##36176E	1.00	13.96	1.50	13.96
#FFFFFF	13.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002A6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#242F41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36176e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 23, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.0% 0.139 292.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#745898',
    500: '#36176e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36176e;
$custom-light: #745898;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36176e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.379,
    "s": 65.414,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30953,
    "c": 0.13868,
    "h": 292.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36176E

secondary

#7FA43D

accent

#E83FAC

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#09030E

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #36176E

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

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