#36177A#36177A

#36177A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 32.2% C 0.153 H 288.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36177A
RGB	rgb(54, 23, 122)
HSL	hsl(259, 68%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(259, 81%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.7%, 81.1%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.23, 39.63, -50.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.23, 64.09, 308.20°)
OKLab	oklab(32.17% 0.0496 -0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(32.17% 0.153 288.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.3395, 2.8019, 18.6681)
Luminance	0.0280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36177A #5B7A17

analogous

#17297A #36177A #67177A

triadic

#36177A #7A3617 #177A36

tetradic

#36177A #7A1729 #5B7A17 #177A67

square

#36177A #7A1729 #5B7A17 #177A67

split-complementary

#36177A #7A6717 #297A17

monochromatic

#0B051A #1F0D47 #36177A #4D21AD #6733D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.46

#36177A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#36177A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #36177A

13.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36177A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##36177A	1.00	13.46	1.56	13.46
#FFFFFF	13.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00317D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002C78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B3448

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36177a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 23, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.2% 0.153 288.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7658a1',
    500: '#36177a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36177a;
$custom-light: #7658a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36177a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.788,
    "s": 68.276,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32169,
    "c": 0.15311,
    "h": 288.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36177A

secondary

#8CAF3E

accent

#EB3DB5

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F3

border

#C9C5CD

text

#09040F

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #36177A

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

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