#36196C#36196C

#36196C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.0% C 0.134 H 292.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36196C
RGB	rgb(54, 25, 108)
HSL	hsl(261, 62%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(261, 77%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 76.9%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.20, 34.48, -43.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.20, 55.14, 308.71°)
OKLab	oklab(31.02% 0.052 -0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(31.02% 0.134 292.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.5750, 2.5621, 14.4379)
Luminance	0.0256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36196C #4F6C19

analogous

#19256C #36196C #5F196C

triadic

#36196C #6C3619 #196C36

tetradic

#36196C #6C1925 #4F6C19 #196C5F

square

#36196C #6C1925 #4F6C19 #196C5F

split-complementary

#36196C #6C5F19 #256C19

monochromatic

#0C0619 #1D0D3A #36196C #4F259E #6830CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.89

#36196C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#36196C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #36196C

13.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36196C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##36196C	1.00	13.89	1.51	13.89
#FFFFFF	13.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002B6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#252F41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36196c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 25, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.0% 0.134 292.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#735997',
    500: '#36196c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36196c;
$custom-light: #735997;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36196c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.964,
    "s": 62.406,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31018,
    "c": 0.13387,
    "h": 292.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36196C

secondary

#7FA13F

accent

#E542AC

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#09030D

muted

#7B787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #36196C

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

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