#36196A#36196A

#36196A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.8% C 0.131 H 293.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36196A
RGB	rgb(54, 25, 106)
HSL	hsl(261, 62%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(261, 76%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.1%, 76.4%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.01, 33.89, -42.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.01, 53.99, 308.88°)
OKLab	oklab(30.83% 0.0525 -0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(30.83% 0.131 293.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.4698, 2.5200, 13.8838)
Luminance	0.0252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36196A #4D6A19

analogous

#19256A #36196A #5E196A

triadic

#36196A #6A3619 #196A36

tetradic

#36196A #6A1925 #4D6A19 #196A5E

square

#36196A #6A1925 #4D6A19 #196A5E

split-complementary

#36196A #6A5E19 #256A19

monochromatic

#0D0619 #1D0D38 #36196A #4F259C #6830CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.96

#36196A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.50

#36196A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #36196A

13.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36196A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##36196A	1.00	13.96	1.50	13.96
#FFFFFF	13.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002B68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#262E40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36196a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 25, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.8% 0.131 293.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#735995',
    500: '#36196a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36196a;
$custom-light: #735995;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36196a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.481,
    "s": 61.832,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30827,
    "c": 0.13138,
    "h": 293.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36196A

secondary

#7DA03F

accent

#E543AB

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#08030D

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #36196A

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

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