#36196E#36196E

#36196E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.2% C 0.136 H 292.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36196E
RGB	rgb(54, 25, 110)
HSL	hsl(260, 63%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(260, 77%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 77.3%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.39, 35.07, -44.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.39, 56.28, 308.55°)
OKLab	oklab(31.21% 0.0515 -0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(31.21% 0.136 292.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.6826, 2.6052, 15.0049)
Luminance	0.0261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36196E #516E19

analogous

#19266E #36196E #61196E

triadic

#36196E #6E3619 #196E36

tetradic

#36196E #6E1926 #516E19 #196E61

square

#36196E #6E1926 #516E19 #196E61

split-complementary

#36196E #6E6119 #266E19

monochromatic

#0C0619 #1E0E3C #36196E #4E24A0 #6731D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.81

#36196E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#36196E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #36196E

13.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36196E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##36196E	1.00	13.81	1.52	13.81
#FFFFFF	13.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002B6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#243042

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36196e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 25, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.2% 0.136 292.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#735998',
    500: '#36196e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36196e;
$custom-light: #735998;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36196e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.471,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31211,
    "c": 0.13637,
    "h": 292.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36196E

secondary

#81A33F

accent

#E642AE

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EDE9F2

border

#C8C5CC

text

#09040E

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #36196E

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

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