#36177B#36177B

#36177B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 32.3% C 0.154 H 288.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36177B
RGB	rgb(54, 23, 123)
HSL	hsl(259, 68%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(259, 81%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 81.3%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.34, 39.92, -50.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.34, 64.63, 308.15°)
OKLab	oklab(32.27% 0.0493 -0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(32.27% 0.154 288.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.4018, 2.8269, 18.9961)
Luminance	0.0283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36177B #5C7B17

analogous

#172A7B #36177B #68177B

triadic

#36177B #7B3617 #177B36

tetradic

#36177B #7B172A #5C7B17 #177B68

square

#36177B #7B172A #5C7B17 #177B68

split-complementary

#36177B #7B6817 #2A7B17

monochromatic

#0B051A #1F0D47 #36177B #4D21AF #6733D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.42

#36177B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#36177B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #36177B

13.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36177B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##36177B	1.00	13.42	1.57	13.42
#FFFFFF	13.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00317E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002C79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1A3449

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36177b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 23, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.3% 0.154 288.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7658a2',
    500: '#36177b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36177b;
$custom-light: #7658a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36177b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.6,
    "s": 68.493,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32272,
    "c": 0.15431,
    "h": 288.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36177B

secondary

#8DB03E

accent

#EB3CB5

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#09040F

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #36177B

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

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