#36196B#36196B

#36196B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.9% C 0.133 H 293.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36196B
RGB	rgb(54, 25, 107)
HSL	hsl(261, 62%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(261, 77%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.5%, 76.6%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.10, 34.18, -42.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.10, 54.56, 308.79°)
OKLab	oklab(30.92% 0.0522 -0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(30.92% 0.133 293.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.5221, 2.5409, 14.1593)
Luminance	0.0254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36196B #4E6B19

analogous

#19256B #36196B #5F196B

triadic

#36196B #6B3619 #196B36

tetradic

#36196B #6B1925 #4E6B19 #196B5F

square

#36196B #6B1925 #4E6B19 #196B5F

split-complementary

#36196B #6B5F19 #256B19

monochromatic

#0D0619 #1D0D39 #36196B #4F259D #6830CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.92

#36196B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#36196B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #36196B

13.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36196B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##36196B	1.00	13.92	1.51	13.92
#FFFFFF	13.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002B69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#262E40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36196b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 25, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.9% 0.133 293.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#735996',
    500: '#36196b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36196b;
$custom-light: #735996;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36196b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.22,
    "s": 62.121,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30922,
    "c": 0.13263,
    "h": 293.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36196B

secondary

#7EA13F

accent

#E543AC

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#08030D

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #36196B

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

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