#36199B#36199B

#36199B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.190 H 281.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36199B
RGB	rgb(54, 25, 155)
HSL	hsl(253, 72%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(253, 84%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 83.9%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.15, 48.36, -64.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.15, 80.65, 306.85°)
OKLab	oklab(35.95% 0.0372 -0.1862)
OKLCH	oklch(35.95% 0.19 281.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.7835, 3.8455, 31.3361)
Luminance	0.0385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36199B #7E9B19

analogous

#193D9B #36199B #77199B

triadic

#36199B #9B3619 #199B36

tetradic

#36199B #9B193D #7E9B19 #199B77

square

#36199B #9B193D #7E9B19 #199B77

split-complementary

#36199B #9B7719 #3D9B19

monochromatic

#110832 #241166 #36199B #4822D0 #6E4CE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.87

#36199B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#36199B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #36199B

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36199B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##36199B	1.00	11.87	1.77	11.87
#FFFFFF	11.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003299

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00425C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36199b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 25, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.190 281.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c5cba',
    500: '#36199b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36199b;
$custom-light: #7c5cba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36199b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.385,
    "s": 72.222,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35954,
    "c": 0.1899,
    "h": 281.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36199B

secondary

#A9C44C

accent

#EF39C6

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFE9F6

border

#CAC5D0

text

#0B0412

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #36199B

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

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