#36178D#36178D

#36178D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 34.2% C 0.175 H 284.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36178D
RGB	rgb(54, 23, 141)
HSL	hsl(256, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(256, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 83.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.28, 45.17, -58.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.28, 74.29, 307.45°)
OKLab	oklab(34.2% 0.0431 -0.17)
OKLCH	oklch(34.2% 0.175 284.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.6340, 3.3197, 25.4853)
Luminance	0.0332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36178D #6E8D17

analogous

#17338D #36178D #71178D

triadic

#36178D #8D3617 #178D36

tetradic

#36178D #8D1733 #6E8D17 #178D71

square

#36178D #8D1733 #6E8D17 #178D71

split-complementary

#36178D #8D7117 #338D17

monochromatic

#0E0624 #220E58 #36178D #4A20C2 #693FE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.62

#36178D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#36178D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #36178D

12.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36178D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##36178D	1.00	12.62	1.66	12.62
#FFFFFF	12.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003690

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003B53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36178d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 23, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.2% 0.175 284.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#795ab0',
    500: '#36178d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36178d;
$custom-light: #795ab0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36178d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.763,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.342,
    "c": 0.17538,
    "h": 284.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36178D

secondary

#9EC040

accent

#EF39BF

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EEE9F6

border

#C9C5D0

text

#0A0411

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #36178D

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

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