#36178E#36178E

#36178E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.177 H 284.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36178E
RGB	rgb(54, 23, 142)
HSL	hsl(256, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(256, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 83.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.39, 45.46, -59.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.39, 74.81, 307.42°)
OKLab	oklab(34.31% 0.0427 -0.1713)
OKLCH	oklch(34.31% 0.177 284)
XYZ	xyz(6.7087, 3.3496, 25.8790)
Luminance	0.0335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36178E #6F8E17

analogous

#17348E #36178E #71178E

triadic

#36178E #8E3617 #178E36

tetradic

#36178E #8E1734 #6F8E17 #178E71

square

#36178E #8E1734 #6F8E17 #178E71

split-complementary

#36178E #8E7117 #348E17

monochromatic

#0E0625 #220E59 #36178E #4A20C3 #693FE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.57

#36178E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#36178E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #36178E

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36178E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##36178E	1.00	12.57	1.67	12.57
#FFFFFF	12.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003791

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003C54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36178e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 23, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.177 284.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36178e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.63,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3431,
    "c": 0.17654,
    "h": 284
  },
  "luminance": 0.0335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36178E

secondary

#9FC040

accent

#EF39BF

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EEE9F6

border

#C9C5D0

text

#0A0411

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #36178E

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

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