#36199A#36199A

#36199A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.189 H 281.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36199A
RGB	rgb(54, 25, 154)
HSL	hsl(253, 72%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(253, 84%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 83.8%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.04, 48.07, -64.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.04, 80.13, 306.86°)
OKLab	oklab(35.84% 0.0375 -0.185)
OKLCH	oklch(35.84% 0.189 281.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.6999, 3.8120, 30.8956)
Luminance	0.0381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36199A #7D9A19

analogous

#193D9A #36199A #76199A

triadic

#36199A #9A3619 #199A36

tetradic

#36199A #9A193D #7D9A19 #199A76

square

#36199A #9A193D #7D9A19 #199A76

split-complementary

#36199A #9A7619 #3D9A19

monochromatic

#110831 #241065 #36199A #4822CF #6D4CE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.91

#36199A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#36199A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #36199A

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36199A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##36199A	1.00	11.91	1.76	11.91
#FFFFFF	11.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003298

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00425B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36199a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 25, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.189 281.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c5cb9',
    500: '#36199a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36199a;
$custom-light: #7c5cb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36199a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.488,
    "s": 72.067,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35842,
    "c": 0.18876,
    "h": 281.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36199A

secondary

#A9C44B

accent

#EF39C6

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFE9F6

border

#CAC5D0

text

#0B0412

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #36199A

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

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