#36199E#36199E

#36199E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.193 H 280.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36199E
RGB	rgb(54, 25, 158)
HSL	hsl(253, 73%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(253, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 84.2%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.50, 49.23, -65.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.50, 82.18, 306.80°)
OKLab	oklab(36.29% 0.0361 -0.1899)
OKLCH	oklch(36.29% 0.193 280.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.0386, 3.9475, 32.6795)
Luminance	0.0395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36199E #819E19

analogous

#193E9E #36199E #78199E

triadic

#36199E #9E3619 #199E36

tetradic

#36199E #9E193E #819E19 #199E78

square

#36199E #9E193E #819E19 #199E78

split-complementary

#36199E #9E7819 #3E9E19

monochromatic

#120834 #241169 #36199E #4821D3 #6F4EE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.73

#36199E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#36199E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #36199E

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36199E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##36199E	1.00	11.73	1.79	11.73
#FFFFFF	11.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003CA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00339C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00435E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36199e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 25, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.193 280.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d5cbc',
    500: '#36199e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36199e;
$custom-light: #7d5cbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36199e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.083,
    "s": 72.678,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3629,
    "c": 0.19332,
    "h": 280.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36199E

secondary

#ABC54E

accent

#EF38C7

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFE9F7

border

#CAC5D0

text

#0B0412

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #36199E

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

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