#36178F#36178F

#36178F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.178 H 283.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36178F
RGB	rgb(54, 23, 143)
HSL	hsl(256, 72%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(256, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 83.9%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.50, 45.75, -59.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.50, 75.33, 307.39°)
OKLab	oklab(34.42% 0.0424 -0.1726)
OKLCH	oklch(34.42% 0.178 283.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.7841, 3.3798, 26.2761)
Luminance	0.0338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36178F #708F17

analogous

#17348F #36178F #72178F

triadic

#36178F #8F3617 #178F36

tetradic

#36178F #8F1734 #708F17 #178F72

square

#36178F #8F1734 #708F17 #178F72

split-complementary

#36178F #8F7217 #348F17

monochromatic

#0E0626 #220F5A #36178F #4A1FC4 #6940E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.53

#36178F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#36178F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #36178F

12.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36178F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##36178F	1.00	12.53	1.68	12.53
#FFFFFF	12.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003792

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00308D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003C54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36178f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 23, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.178 283.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a5ab1',
    500: '#36178f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36178f;
$custom-light: #7a5ab1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36178f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.5,
    "s": 72.289,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3442,
    "c": 0.1777,
    "h": 283.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36178F

secondary

#A0C141

accent

#EF39C0

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFE9F6

border

#CAC5D0

text

#0A0411

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #36178F

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

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